COMMUNION Synonyms
There are 10 hypernyms of the word communion. (close relations)
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| bond | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) • an electrical force linking atoms • British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming • a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal • a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest • (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial • a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) • a connection that fastens things together • a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents • the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition verb • stick to firmly • create social or emotional ties • issue bonds on • bring together in a common cause or emotion | ||||||
| camaraderie | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability | ||||||
| closeness | nounn | |||||
noun • a feeling of being intimate and belonging together • the quality of being close and poorly ventilated • the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance • extreme stinginess • characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) • close or warm friendship | ||||||
| connection | nounn | |||||
noun • a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) • the state of being connected • an instrumentality that connects • (usually plural) a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship) • the process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination • a connecting shape • a supplier (especially of narcotics) • shifting from one form of transportation to another • the act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication) | ||||||
| fellowship | nounn | |||||
noun • an association of people who share common beliefs or activities • the state of being with someone • money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research | ||||||
| harmony | nounn | |||||
noun • compatibility in opinion and action • the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords • a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole • agreement of opinions • an agreeable sound property | ||||||
| rapport | nounn | |||||
noun • a relationship of mutual understanding or trust and agreement between people | ||||||
| togetherness | nounn | |||||
noun • affectionate closeness | ||||||
| union | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective • of trade unions noun • an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer • the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War) • the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes • the state of being joined or united or linked • the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce) • healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones • a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations • a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets • the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts • a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner) • the act of making or becoming a single unit adjective satellite • being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War | ||||||
| unity | nounn | |||||
noun • an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting • the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number • the quality of being united into one | ||||||
| manduction | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist • biting and grinding food in your mouth so it becomes soft enough to swallow | ||||||
| sacrament | nounn | |||||
noun • a formal religious ceremony conferring a specific grace on those who receive it; the two Protestant ceremonies are baptism and the Lord's Supper; in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church there are seven traditional rites accepted as instituted by Jesus: baptism and confirmation and Holy Eucharist and penance and holy orders and matrimony and extreme unction | ||||||
| sharing | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • using or enjoying something jointly with others • having in common • sharing thoughts and feelings • a distribution in shares adjective satellite • unselfishly willing to share with others | ||||||
| holy communion | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist | ||||||
| sacramental manduction | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist | ||||||
