communion

See also: Communion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French comunion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuːnjən/
• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nion

Noun

communion (countable and uncountable, plural communions)

1. A joining together of minds or spirits.
2. (Christianity) Holy Communion

   Synonym: sacrament (Mormon)

3. (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.

Related terms

• communal
• communicate
• communion hall
• community
• union

 

• communion wafer
• Holy Communion

Translations

a joining together of minds or spirits

• Bulgarian: единение (bg) n (edinenie)
• Danish: kommunion c, nadver c
• Dutch: communie (nl) f
• Esperanto: komuneco, komunio
• French: communion (fr) f
• Galician: comuñón f
• German: Kommunion (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: κοινωνία f (koinōnía)

• Italian: comunione (it) f
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• Norman: communion f (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kommunion m, nattverd m

  Nynorsk: kommunion m, nattverd m

• Polish: komunia (pl) f
• Portuguese: comunhão (pt) f
• Slovene: občestvo (sl) n
• Spanish: comunión (es) f
• Swedish: kommunion (sv) c, nattvard (sv) c
• Volapük: komuin (vo)

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French

Etymology

From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

communion f (plural communions)

1. Communion; communion

Related terms

• commun
• communier

Further reading

• “communion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.

Noun

communion f (plural communions)

1. (Jersey) communion