Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of communion is as below...

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

Introit :: Introit (n.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

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

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..

Ritual :: Ritual (n.) A prescribed form of performing divine service in a particular church or communion; as, the Jewish ritual..

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.

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..

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

Kirkman :: Kirkman (n.) A member of the Church of Scotland, as distinguished from a member of another communion..

Epistler :: Epistler (n.) The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.

Excommunicate :: Excommunicate (v. t.) To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence..

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

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

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

Self-commune :: Self-commune (n.) Self-communion.

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..

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..

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

Reservation :: Reservation (n.) The portion of the sacramental elements reserved for purposes of devotion and for the communion of the absent and sick.

Gloria :: Gloria (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used..

Random Fonts

Most Popular