communion
pronunciation
How to pronounce communion in British English:
UK [kəˈmju:niən]
How to pronounce communion in American English:
US [kəˈmjunjən]
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- Noun:
- sharing thoughts and feelings
- (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
Word Origin
- communion (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French comunion "community, communion" (12c.), from Latin communionem (nominative communio) "fellowship, mutual participation, a sharing," used in Late Latin ecclesiastical language for "participation in the sacrament," from communis (see common (adj.)). Used by Augustine, in belief that the word was derived from com- "with, together" + unus "oneness, union."
Example
- 1. On the following sunday there was communion .
- 2. Burden to keep , though their inner communion
- 3. In july , a new lambeth conference , to be held at canterbury , in britain , represents a last chance to keep the worldwide communion together .
- 4. Lima , peru : children line up to receive their first communion at la merced church
- 5. The film 's structure follows that of monastic life , moving from extended scenes of the eight men chanting and taking communion , to meeting with village leaders and selling honey in the market .