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

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

Churchwarden :: Churchwarden (n.) One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service..

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.

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..

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

Credence :: Credence (n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated..

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..

Sanctus :: Sanctus (n.) A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus..

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..

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..

Propound :: Propound (v. t.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.

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..

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

Communion :: Communion (n.) Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints..

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..

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..

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

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