communion

Universal Words noun 1 (also Communion, Holy Communion) [U] 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: to go to Communion (= attend church for this celebration) * to take / receive communion (= receive the bread and wine) seealsoEUCHARIST, MASS 2 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) (formal) the state of sharing or exchanging thoughts and feelings; the feeling of being part of sth: poets living in communion with nature 3 [C] (technical) a group of people with the same religious beliefs: the Anglican communion