Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation.
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- proper noun A
Christian sacrament commemorating theLast Supper of Christ.
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- noun the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
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Examples
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I've just got back from a Latin Service of the Holy Communion, which is said termly at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
A Latin Mass in the Church of England? Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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Practically all Christian communities meet for the ritual meal of bread and wine called the Holy Communion and sometimes referred to as the 'Eucharist' (thanksgiving) or 'Mass' (sending out in mission).
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Practically all Christian communities meet for the ritual meal of bread and wine called the Holy Communion and sometimes referred to as the 'Eucharist' (thanksgiving) or 'Mass' (sending out in mission).
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And the Sacrament of the Holy Communion is the ordained means whereby this union is maintained by the Saints on earth.
The Kingdom of Heaven; What is it? Edward Burbidge
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The Holy Communion is the sacrament of the unity of all
Religious Reality 1922
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Believe the Holy Communion is the sign of Christ's perpetual presence; that when you kneel to receive the bread and wine, Christ is as near you -- spiritually, indeed, and invisibly, but really and truly as near you as those who are kneeling by your side.
Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife Charles Kingsley 1847
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For details, call Holy Communion at 767-6987 or send an e-mail to pilgrimageofhopeformemphis@gmail.com
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The five people are a doctor who is a scientist, who does not believe in anything not material being scientific; a vicar who is a typical clergyman, who thoroughly believes in supernatural things until they are proved, when he becomes an agnostic; a young American who is a cad and a fool; a girl who believes in fairies and goes to Holy Communion, which is the one thing that depicts she has a certain amount of sense; a duke who ends every sentence with a quotation from Tennyson to Bernard Shaw.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton Patrick Braybrooke
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They are the married gay parents of toddlers who work as lectors and ministers of Holy Communion.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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They are the married gay parents of toddlers who work as lectors and ministers of Holy Communion.
Michele Somerville: Pentecost: The Flaming Dove Of Upper Room Roman Catholicism Michele Somerville 2011
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