communion

noun

com·mu·nion | \ kə-ˈmyü-nyən

Definition of communion

1 : an act or instance of sharing

2a capitalized : a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death or as symbols for the realization of a spiritual union between Christ and communicant or as the body and blood of Christ

b : the act of receiving Communion

c capitalized : the part of a Communion service in which the sacrament is received

3 : intimate fellowship or rapport : communication sat alone on the mountain, in communion with the wilderness

4 : a body of Christians having a common faith and discipline the Anglican communion

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Examples of communion in a Sentence

She went to the front of the church for Communion. gradually established a feeling of communion with her fellow physicians

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