intercommunion

American  

[in-ter-kuh-myoon-yuhn] / ˌɪn tər kəˈmyun yən /

noun

1. mutual communion, association, or relations.

2. Ecclesiastical. a communion service among members of different denominations.

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intercommunion British  

/ ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnjən /

noun

1. association between Churches, involving esp mutual reception of Holy Communion

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Etymology

Origin of intercommunion

First recorded in 1755–65; inter- + communion

Example Sentences

They were also hopeful that a joint statement produced last year by the council's theology commission might provide the eventual basis for intercommunion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Communion with Protestants is becoming more common, although the Vatican allows it only under special circumstances, and bishops frown on casual intercommunion.

From Time Magazine Archive

At major interfaith meetings, intercommunion could be allowed even when union was not in sight.

From Time Magazine Archive

As for the Protestants, Methodist Theologian J. Robert Nelson of Boston University thinks intercommunion should be achievable within a decade, at least with Anglicans and Lutherans, if the new Pope is willing.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I think it should be a blending of hearts, an intercommunion of souls, a tie that only love and truth should weave, and nothing but death should part."

From Trial and Triumph by Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins