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postcommunion

postcommunion noun: the concluding portion of the communion service.

Noun

postcommunion (plural postcommunions)

  1. The concluding portion of the communion service.
  2. A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.

Adjective

postcommunion (not comparable)

  1. After communion.

Forms of postcommunion

pluralpostcommunions

Origin of postcommunion

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin postcommūniō. By surface analysis, post- + communion.

Questions about postcommunion

What does postcommunion mean?
Postcommunion means the concluding portion of the communion service.
What part of speech is postcommunion?
Postcommunion can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of postcommunion?
The plural of postcommunion is postcommunions.

Words near postcommunion in the dictionary

  1. postcomissural
  2. postcommissural
  3. postcommissure
  4. postcommissures
  5. postcommissurotomy
  6. postcommunion
  7. postcommunions
  8. postcommunism
  9. postcommunist
  10. postcommunists
  11. postcommute

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