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

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.

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

Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..

Secede :: Secede (v. i.) To withdraw from fellowship, communion, or association; to separate one's self by a solemn act; to draw off; to retire; especially, to withdraw from a political or religious body..

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

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

Commune :: Commune (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

Presbyterian :: Presbyterian (a.) Of or pertaining to a presbyter, or to ecclesiastical government by presbyters; relating to those who uphold church government by presbyters; also, to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of a communion so governed..

Intercommunion :: Intercommunion (n.) Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities..

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Commune :: Commune (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.

Epistoler :: Epistoler (n.) One of the clergy who reads the epistle at the communion service; an epistler.

Fellowship :: Fellowship (v. t.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship..

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

Eucharist :: Eucharist (n.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion..

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

Altar :: Altar (n.) In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table..

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