Definition of: communion

(kə·myn′yən) noun
1. The act of communing or sharing.
2. Sympathetic intercourse; fellowship.
3. The religious fellowship existing between man and God, between Christians, between a Christian and the church, or between autonomous churches.
4. A body or denomination of Christians having a common faith and discipline.
5. Usually cap. The Eucharist, or the act of celebrating or partaking of it: often called Holy Communion.
6. An antiphon said or chanted after the distribution of the Sacrament. See synonyms under CONVERSATION, INTERCOURSE, SACRAMENT, SECT. [<OF <L communio, -onis <communis common]