communion
- IPA[kəˈmjuːnɪən]
英式
- the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially on a mental or spiritual level；shared participation in a mental or spiritual experience
noun: communion, plural noun: communions
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially on a mental or spiritual level in this churchyard communion with the dead was almost palpable for a moment there was a blessed communion between them
- ▪ shared participation in a mental or spiritual experience the Coronation marked a high spot of national communion 同義詞
- 2. the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared Communion was celebrated once a month communion service 同義詞
- ▪ the consecrated bread and wine administered and received at Communion the priests gave him Holy Communion 同義詞
- 3. a relationship of recognition and acceptance between Christian Churches or denominations, or between individual Christians or Christian communities and a Church the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome
- ▪ a group of Christian communities or Churches which recognize one another's ministries or that of a central authority the theology which had prevailed in the Roman communion
