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communing

communing noun: the act of one who communes; a communion. Also the present participle and gerund of commune.

Noun

communing (plural communings)

  1. The act of one who communes; a communion.
    • In youth have I known one with whom the Earth / In secret communing held—as he with it.1884 [1827], Edgar Allan Poe, “Communion with Nature”, in Richard Herne Shepherd, editor, Tamerlane and Other Poems, London: George Redway
    • Hope had never been the companion of love. Even in her most secret communings with herself, she had never admitted even the fancy of their union.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49

Also used as

communing is also the present participle and gerund of commune.

Forms of communing

pluralcommunings

Questions about communing

What does communing mean?
Communing means the act of one who communes; a communion.
What part of speech is communing?
Communing is a noun.
What is the plural of communing?
The plural of communing is communings.

Words near communing in the dictionary

  1. communicatrix
  2. communicatrixes
  3. communicology
  4. communilect
  5. communilects
  6. communing
  7. communings
  8. communio ecclesiology
  9. communio-ecclesiology
  10. communioecclesiology
  11. communion

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