holy communion

Questions about holy communion

What does holy communion mean?

holy communion means "the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist".

What is another word for holy communion?

Close synonyms include Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction. 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 holy communion a common word?

holy communion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.