Communion Meaning
/kəˈmjuːnjən/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
nounHoly Communion; the Eucharist.
Sentence Examples
The First Communion is an important ceremony in the Catholic Church.
The parson gave the communion wafer to the dying person.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The monks shared a silent ____ during their morning meditation ritual.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During church, they partook in the holy sacrament of ____.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 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 is with the day of her first communion that this narrative of mine begins."
— 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The monks shared a silent ____ during their morning meditation ritual.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
During church, they partook in the holy sacrament of ____.