communion

sostantivo

1. 1

   A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.

   My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor; and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal.

   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.

2. 2

   Holy Communion; the Eucharist.

   to take/receive communion

   first communion

   To receive Communion, open the mouth, letting the tongue touch the inner side of the lip, and having received the Sacred Particle on the tongue, swallow it as soon as you can, to avoid all irreverent touching of the Sacred Host with the teeth or lips.

   One day, when at the height of her illness, she had thought herself dying, and had asked for the communion; […].

3. 3

   Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church. A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.

4. 4

   Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church. A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)

Forme

plurale

communions