communion

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com·mu·nion /kəˈmjuːnjən/ ●○○ noun  n1. → Communion2  [uncountable] formalRELATIONSHIP a special relationship with someone or something which makes you feel that you understand them very well 〔与某人或某物之间的情感〕交流，交融communion with Prayer is a form of communion with God. 祈祷是与上帝交流的一种方式。3  [countable] formalRR a group of people or organizations that share the same religious beliefs 教会；教派，宗教团体 SYN denomination He belongs to the Anglican communion. 他是圣公会的教徒。

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communion• Far from being vacuous storytelling, myth in its true sense is a communion with the deepest truths of existence.• He would be taking Christmas communion to the sick.• They are harder still to interpret: what does a large attendance at Easter communion imply?• True, they are playing with great danger, but they may never really experience communion with the evil force behind astrology.• In time, the self-denying monks gathered for worship and the sacrament of communion.• The Empress was crowned, and then the Emperor and Empress entered the cathedral to take communion.• George Gaynor sat down on the top step leading to the communion rail.• She decided not to go to communion.nCommunion[uncountable] (also Holy Communion)RRC the Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and drink wine as signs of Christ’s body and blood 圣餐〔一种基督教仪式〕Origin communion (1300-1400) Latin communio, from communis; → COMMON1

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communion
com‧mu‧nion /kəˈmjuːnjən/ noun1. Communion [uncountable] (also Holy Communion) the Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and drink wine as signs of Christ’s body and blood
2. [uncountable] formal a special relationship with someone or something which makes you feel that you understand them very well
    communion with
    Prayer is a form of communion with God.
3. [countable] formal a group of people or organizations that share the same religious beliefs
   SYN  denomination:
    He belongs to the Anglican communion.

com·mu·nionBrE /kəˈmjuːniən/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈmjuːniən/ 🔊 noun (also Com·mu·nion, ˌHoly Comˈmunion) [uncountable] a ceremony in the Christian Church during which people eat bread and drink wine in memory of the last meal that Christ had with his disciples （基督教教会的）圣餐仪式，领受圣体◆to go to Communion (= attend church for this celebration) 去参加圣餐仪式◆to take/receive communion (= receive the bread and wine) 领受圣餐  ➡  see also Eucharist, Mass (1) [uncountable] ~ (with sb/sth) (formal) the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings; the feeling of being part of sth （思想感情的）交流，交融◆poets living in communion with nature与大自然情感交融的诗人 [countable] (specialist) a group of people with the same religious beliefs 教派；教会；宗教团体◆the Anglican communion圣公会