Holy Communion

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Holy Communion

1. The Christian sacrament of the Eucharist; (in particular) the reception of the body and blood of Christ (the consecrated bread and wine), which is believed to bring about communion between the recipient and Christ.

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 (gl) 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)
• Gujarati: પ્રભુ ભોજન n (prabhu bhojan)
• 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) (領聖體)
• Lithuanian: eucharistija f
• Macedonian: света причесна f (sveta pričesna)
• Malay: Perjamuan Kudus
• Middle English: comunioun
• Old Church Slavonic: въсѫдъ m (vŭsǫdŭ)
• Plautdietsch: Owentmol n
• Polish: Ciało Chrystusa n, Eucharystia f, Hostia f, Najświętszy Sakrament (pl) m, Przenajświętszy Sakrament m, komunia (pl) f
• 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)
• Slovene: obhajilo n
• Sotho: selallo
• Spanish: eucaristía (es) f
• Swahili: komunyo (sw), ushirika mtakatifu
• Swedish: eukaristi, nattvard (sv) c
• Tagalog: Eukaristiya, Komunyon
• Ukrainian: євхари́стія (uk) f (jevxarýstija), Святе́ Прича́стя f (Svjaté Pryčástja)
• Vietnamese: Thánh Thể (聖體) (Roman Catholic), Mình Thánh (𨉟聖) (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