close communion

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

a communion service in which only members of the same denomination or the same church can participate.

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

They find close communion with the strutting brethren psychologically impossible.

We next find Columbus in close communion with a contemporary with whose fame his own is sadly conjoined.

The sentence is this: "But the noblest natures are those which are seen at their best in the close communion of the home."

He knew she admired him—loved him—at least, was ready to love him; but this did not bring him into close communion with her.

She couldn't marry him, being close communion, and not tolerating the idea of being 'unequally yoked together with unbelievers.'

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