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Christian :: Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

Communion :: Communion (n.) The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion..

Schismatize :: Schismatize (v. i.) To take part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Self-communion :: Self-communion (n.) Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.

Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..

Communion :: Communion (n.) The act of sharing; community; participation.

Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) The concluding portion of the communion service.

Correspond :: Correspond (v. i.) To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with..

Excommunion :: Excommunion () A shutting out from communion; excommunication.

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To administer the communion to.

Chancel :: Chancel (v. t.) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed..

Converse :: Converse (n.) Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..

Viaticum :: Viaticum (n.) The communion, or eucharist, when given to persons in danger of death..

Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..

Intercourse :: Intercourse (n.) A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion..

Particle :: Particle (n.) The smaller hosts distributed in the communion of the laity.

Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..

Communion :: Communion (n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion..

Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

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