Com-mūn'ion, n.
(kom-mūn'yun), n. [Lat. communio, Fr. communion, Pr. & Sp. comunion, It. comunione. See COMMON.]
Sense 1. Intercourse between two persons or more; interchange of transactions or offices; a state of giving and receiving; agreement; concord.
We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. Hooker.
What communion hath light with darkness? 2 Cor. vi. 14.
Sense 2. Mutual intercourse or union in religious worship, or in doctrine and discipline.
Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. South.
Sense 3. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline.
Sense 4. The act of performing the sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord’s supper; the participation of the sacrament; as, to administer the communion; to partake of the communion.
Close communion. See CLOSE, a.
Synonyms—Fellowship; converse; intercourse; unity; concord; agreement.