communion
See also: Communion
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English communion, from Old French comunion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
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Noun edit
communion (countable and uncountable, plural communions)
- A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
- 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 159:
- 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.
- (Christianity) Holy Communion.
- 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
- It is with the day of her first communion that this narrative of mine begins.
- (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
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- (Holy Communion): sacrament (Mormon)
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a joining together of minds or spirits
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Holy Communion — see Holy Communion
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communiōnem, from Latin communis.
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Noun edit
communion f (plural communions)
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Further reading edit
- “communion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.
Noun edit
communion f (plural communions)