communion
US: /kəmˈjunjən/
UK: /kəmjˈuːniən/
UK: /kəmjˈuːniən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
communion /kə'mju:njən/
- danh từ
- sự cùng chia sẻ
- sự giao thiệp, sự liên lạc; quan hệ; sự cảm thông
- to hold communion with: có quan hệ với
- nhóm đạo (nhóm người cùng chung một tín ngưỡng)
- the communion of the faithfull: nhóm những người sùng tín
- Communion lễ ban thánh thể (cg Holy-ẢCommunion)
- to take communion: chịu lễ ban thánh thể
Advanced English dictionary
+ 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)
See also -
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
Collocation dictionary
1 Communion in church
ADJ.
Holy | First
VERB + COMMUNION
go to
We went to Holy Communion in the cathedral.
| administer, celebrate, give
Communion was celebrated by the Reverend John Harris.
| receive, take
Most of the people present took Communion.
COMMUNION + NOUN
service
PREP.
at ~
There were only half a dozen people at Communion.
2 sharing thoughts/feelings
ADJ.
close | personal
PREP.
in ~ with
He lived in close communion with nature.
| ~ with
her personal communion with God
Concise English dictionary
communionskə'mjuːnjən
noun
+the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
+sharing thoughts and feelings
+(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
