Толковый словарь английского языка - communion

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ~-, communio mutual participation, from communis Date: 14th century an act or instance of sharing, 2. a Christian sacrament in which consecrated bread and wine are consumed as memorials of Christ's death or as symbols for the realization of a spiritual union between Christ and communicant or as the body and blood of Christ, the act of receiving Communion, the part of a Communion service in which the sacrament is received, intimate fellowship or rapport ; communication, a body of Christians having a common faith and discipline