Holy Communion

English

Proper noun

Holy Communion

1. A Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper of Christ, with the physical forms of bread and usually wine which are believed by certain denominations to become Christ himself or to host his spiritual presence.

Synonyms

• Blessed Sacrament
• Breaking of Bread
• Communion
• Divine Service
• Eucharist
• Holy Mass
• Lord's Supper
• Lord's Table
• Mass
• Sacrament

 

Related terms

• communion wafer
• Spiritual Communion

Translations

Christian sacrament

• Afrikaans: nagmaal
• Aghwan: 𐕚𐔰𐔼𐕅𐕒𐕡 (sail'u)
• Arabic: تَنَاوُل m (tanāwul), إِفْخَارِيسْتِيَا f (ʔifḵārīstiyā)
• Armenian: հաղորդություն (hy) (haġordutʻyun)
• Aromanian: cumnicãturã f, pãrtãciuni f
• Bulgarian: прича́стие (bg) n (pričástie)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 聖餐／圣餐 (sing³ caan¹)

  Hakka: 聖餐／圣餐 (sṳn-chhôn)

  Hokkien: 聖餐／圣餐 (sèng-chhan)

  Mandarin: 聖餐／圣餐 (zh) (shèngcān)

• Danish: altergang c (Church of Denmark)
• Dutch: communie (nl)
• Finnish: pyhä ehtoollinen
• French: eucharistie (fr) f
• Galician: eucaristía f
• Georgian: სერობა (seroba)
• German: Eucharistie (de) f, Heilige Kommunion f, Kommunion (de) f, Abendmahl (de) n, Heiliges Abendmahl n, Heiliges Mahl n, Brotbrechen n, Tisch des Herrn m
• Greek: Θεία Κοινωνία (el) f (Theía Koinonía)
• Hungarian: áldozás (hu), szentáldozás (hu) (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism), úrvacsora (hu) (Protestantism)
• Irish: Comaoin f, An Chomaoineach Naofa f
• Italian: comunione (it) f, viatico (it) m, eucaristia (it) f
• Japanese: 聖餐 (ja) (せいさん, seisan)
• Korean: 영성체 (yeongseongche)
• Lithuanian: eucharistija f
• Macedonian: света причесна f (sveta pričesna)
• Malay: Perjamuan Kudus
• Plautdietsch: Owentmol n
• Polish: Ciało Chrystusa n, Eucharystia f, Hostia f, Najświętszy Sakrament (pl) m, Przenajświętszy Sakrament m
• Portuguese: eucaristia (pt) f
• Romanian: grijanie (ro), cuminecătură (ro)
• Russian: прича́стие (ru) n (pričástije), свято́е прича́стие n (svjatóje pričástije), евхари́стия (ru) f (jevxarístija), ве́черя госпо́дня f (véčerja gospódnja)
• Sotho: selallo
• Spanish: eucaristía (es) f
• Swahili: komunyo (sw), ushirika mtakatifu
• Swedish: eukaristi
• Tagalog: Eukaristiya, Komunyon
• Ukrainian: євхари́стія (uk) f (jevxarýstija), Святе́ Прича́стя f (Svjaté Pryčástja)
• Vietnamese: Thánh Thể (Roman Catholic), Mình Thánh (Roman Catholic), Tiệc Thánh (Protestant)
• Volapük: komuin (vo), köarist (vo) (Roman Catholic), säned (vo), säned saludik (Protestant), säned (vo)
• Welsh: Cymun Bendigaid m, cymun m