communion
/kəˈmjuːnjən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.60 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative letter-case form of communion (“Holy Communion”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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; […]."
Etymology
From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: comunioun, comunion, communion, commūniō, commūnis
Usage
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Phrases
Anglican Communion
close communion
closed communion
communion cloth
communion ecclesiology
communion hall
communion of saints
communion wafer