communion
Syllables: com·mu·nion/kəˈmjuːnjən/
communion noun: a joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
Noun
communion (countable and uncountable, plural communions)
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor; and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter IX, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding...
- It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 159
- Synonyms:
- communing
- Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- to take/receive communion
- first communion
- Synonyms:
- sacrament
- A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
- A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
Proper noun capitalized: Communion
Communion
- Alternative letter-case form of communion (“Holy Communion”).
- To receive Communion, open the mouth, letting the tongue touch the inner side of the lip, and having received the Sacred Particle on the tongue, swallow it as soon as you can, to avoid all irreverent touching of the Sacred Host with the teeth or lips.1882, “Communion”, in The Daily Prayer-Book […] , London: Burns & Oates
communion meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
communion in Urdu
- کمیونینشن, کمیونین
communion in Telugu
- కమ్యూనియన్
communion in Malayalam
- കമ്മ്യൂണിഷൻ
communion in Kannada
- ಕಮ್ಯುನಿಯನ್
More languagesFewer languages
- communion in Odia
- କମ୍ଯ଼ୁନିଅନ୍, କମ୍ଯ଼ୁନିଅନ, କମ୍ଯ଼ୁନିଯ଼ନ
- communion in Nepali
- कम्युनियन
Examples of communion in a sentence
- One day, when at the height of her illness, she had thought herself dying, and had asked for the communion; […].1886, Gustave Flaubert, chapter XIV, in Eleanor Marx-Aveling, transl., Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners […], London: Vizetelly & Co., […]...
- I haven't confessed or prayed or taken communion in years.1968, Ursule Molinaro, transl., Narcissus and Goldmund, translation of Narziß und Goldmund by Herman Hesse:
Synonyms of communion
Forms of communion
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Origin of communion
From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
Words formed from communion
- Anglican Communion
- antecommunion
- close communion
- closed communion
- communionable
- communional
- communion cloth
- communion ecclesiology
- communion hall
- communionism
- communionist
- communionlike
- communion of saints
- communion wafer
- First Communion
- Holy Communion
- intercommunion
- noncommunion
- open communion
- phatic communion
- precommunion
- spiritual communion
- still got one's communion money
- World Communion Sunday
Phrases with communion
Questions about communion
- What does communion mean?
- Communion means a joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- What is communion in Urdu?
- Communion in Urdu is کمیونینشن, کمیونین. See Communion meaning in Urdu.
- How do you use communion in a sentence?
- One day, when at the height of her illness, she had thought herself dying, and had asked for the communion; […].
- What part of speech is communion?
- Communion can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce communion?
- Communion is pronounced /kəˈmjuːnjən/.
- What is the plural of communion?
- The plural of communion is communions.
Words near communion in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: communion (page history and authors); Communion (page history and authors); communion (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); communion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); communion (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); communion (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); communion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); communion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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