communion

Borrowed from Old French comunion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.

• IPA^(key): /kəˈmjuːnjən/
• Hyphenation: com‧mu‧nion

communion (countable and uncountable, plural communions)

1. A joining together of minds or spirits.
2. (Christianity) Holy Communion
3. (Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.

From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.my.njɔ̃/

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communion f (plural communions)

1. Communion; communion

• commun
• communier

• “communion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French comunion, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin communio, communionem, from Latin communis.

communion f (plural communions)

1. (Jersey) communion