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The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." Blackstone.

A name given to that part of the Anglican liturgy for the communion, which precedes the consecration of the elements.

. A shutting out from communion; excommunication. [Obs.] Excommunication is the utmost of ecclesiastical judicature. Milton.

Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities. Faber.

Neglect or failure of communion.

The concluding portion of the communion service.

Communion with one's self; thoughts about one's self.

ty of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest.

e love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

truction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table.

That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use;

One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

open. Close borough. See under Borough. -- Close breeding. See under Breeding. -- Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. -- Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization.…

To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper. To commune under both kinds. Bp. Burnet. To commune with one's self or one's heart, to think; to reflect; to meditate.

To administer the communion to. [R.] She [the church] . . . may communicate him. Jer. Taylor.

Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill. "T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Byron.

h the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.

The corporal, or communion cloth. [Obs.] Fuller.

To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with. After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.