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communion

美音:[kəm´ju:njən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.交流,恳谈,共有,共享,宗教团体

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communion


/kə'mju:nɪən; kə`mjunjən/
n
1 Communion[U] (also Holy Communion) (in the Christian Church) celebration of the Lord's Supper (基督教教会的)圣餐仪式
*go to Communion, ie attend church for this celebration 领圣餐(去教堂参加此仪式)
* [attrib 作定语] Communion wine 圣餐酒. Cf 参看 eucharist.
2 [C] group of people with the same religious beliefs 教会; 教派
*We belong to the same communion. 我们属于同一教会.
3 [U] ~ (with sb/sth) (fml 文) state of sharing or exchanging the same thoughts or feelings 思想感情相同或交融
*poets who are in communion with nature 与大自然情感交融的诗人.

communion


n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: communio, from communis; COMMON1]
Communion[U]alsoHoly Communion
the Christian ceremony in which people eat bread and drink wine as signs of Christ's body and blood
[U]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.
[C]formal
a group of people or organizations that share the same religious beliefs
= denomination
 He belongs to the Anglican communion.