communion

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection. countable,uncountable
    — It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.
  2. Holy Communion; the Eucharist. countable,uncountable
    — It is with the day of her first communion that this narrative of mine begins.
  3. Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.; A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former. countable,uncountable
  4. Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.; A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion) countable,uncountable

词形变化

communions plural

词汇关系

衍生词
Anglican Communion antecommunion communionable communional communion cloth communion ecclesiology communion hall communionism communionist communionlike communion of saints communion wafer Holy Communion intercommunion noncommunion open communion phatic communion precommunion spiritual communion still got one's communion money World Communion Sunday
相关词
common communal communicate community

词源

From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
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