Definition: Communion

Etymology

From Middle English communion, from Old French comunion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (communion), from Latin commūnis.

Noun

communion (countable and uncountable, plural communions)

1. A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
2. (Christianity) Holy Communion, or Eucharist.
3. (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.

Derived terms

• communion ecclesiology
• communion wafer
• Holy Communion
• open communion
• phatic communion
• Spiritual Communion

Related terms

• communal
• communicate
• communion hall
• community
• union

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