communion

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

com·mu·nion [communion communions] BrE [kəˈmjuːniən] NAmE [kəˈmjuːniən] noun
1. (also Com·mu·nion, ˌHoly Comˈmunion)uncountable a ceremony in the Christian Church during which people eat bread and drink wine in memory of the last meal that Christ had with his ↑disciples
•to go to Communion (= attend church for this celebration)
•to take/receive communion (= receive the bread and wine)
see also ↑Eucharist, ↑mass
2. uncountable ~ (with sb/sth) (formal)the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings; the feeling of being part of sth
•poets living in communion with nature
3. countable (technical)a group of people with the same religious beliefs
•the Anglican communion
See also: ↑Holy Communion

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin communio(n-), from communis ‘common’.

Example Bank:
•Communion was celebrated by the Reverend John Harris.
•He lived in close communion with nature.
•Most of the people present took Communion.
•There were only half a dozen people at Communion.
•We went to Holy Communion in the cathedral.
•her personal communion with God

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sharing, Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction