communion
noun
[ kəˈmjuːnjən ]
• 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"
• the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared.
• "Communion was celebrated once a month"
• 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"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin communio(n- ), from communis (see common).
