communion

1. 1.

   the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist

   “the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation”

   SynonymsHoly Communionsacramental manductionmanduction

   Broaderritual

   Narrowerintercommunion

   Part ofHoly Eucharist
2. 2.

   sharing thoughts and feelings

   Synonymssharing

   Broaderintercourse
3. 3.

   (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

   Broaderdenomination

   Christianity

Other forms of communion

plural

communions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about communion

What does communion mean?

communion means "the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in communion?

communion has 3 syllables: com-mu-nion. The stress falls on "mu". In IPA it is /kəˈmjunjən/.

What is another word for communion?

Close synonyms include Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction, sharing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is communion a common word?

communion is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.