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Community vs. Communion

Community and Communion Definitions

Community

A group of people living in the same locality and under the same government.

Communion

The act or an instance of sharing, as of thoughts or feelings.

Community

The district or locality in which such a group lives.

Communion

Religious or spiritual fellowship.

Community

A group of people having common interests
The scientific community.
The international business community.

Communion

A body of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites; a denomination.
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Community

A group viewed as forming a distinct segment of society
The gay community.
The community of color.

Communion

The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation.

Community

Similarity or identity
A community of interests.

Communion

The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.

Community

Sharing, participation, and fellowship
A sense of community.

Communion

The part of the Mass or a liturgy in which the Eucharist is received.
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Community

Society as a whole; the public.

Communion

A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.

Community

A group of organisms interacting with one another and with the environment in a specific region.

Communion

(Christianity) Holy Communion.

Community

The region occupied by a group of interacting organisms.

Communion

(Roman Catholicism) A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
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Community

(countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

Communion

The act of sharing; community; participation.

Community

(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.

Communion

Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.
We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others.
What communion hath light with darkness?
Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man.

Community

A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.

Communion

A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

Community

A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

Communion

The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion; called also Holy Communion.

Community

(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.

Communion

The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist;
The governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation

Community

Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
A community of goods

Communion

Sharing thoughts and feelings

Community

Common character; likeness.

Communion

(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

Community

Commonness; frequency.

Community

A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.

Community

Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
The original community of all things.
An unreserved community of thought and feeling.

Community

A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.
Creatures that in communities exist.

Community

Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.
Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community.

Community

Common character; likeness.
The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.

Community

Commonness; frequency.
Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community.

Community

A group of people living in a particular local area;
The team is drawn from all parts of the community

Community

A group of people having ethnic or cultural or religious characteristics in common;
The Christian community of the apostolic age
He was well known throughout the Catholic community

Community

Common ownership;
They shared a community of possessions

Community

A group of nations having common interests;
They hoped to join the NATO community

Community

The body of people in a learned occupation;
The news spread rapidly through the medical community

Community

Agreement as to goals;
The preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests

Community

A district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

Community

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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