postcommunion

English

Etymology

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

Noun

postcommunion (plural postcommunions)

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

Adjective

postcommunion (not comparable)

1. After communion.

Further reading

• “postcommunion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.