close communion
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of close communion
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Dr. McBride: It was born at a prayer meeting and we do all our work in close communion with the churches.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sat in close communion with a thin, jug-eared man, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sport itself may be insufficient, but there is always some recompense in the effort made and in the close communion with 'dear nature's self.'
From The Determined Angler and the Brook Trout an anthological volume of trout fishing, trout histories, trout lore, trout resorts, and trout tackle by Bradford, Charles Barker
She did not again turn her face towards me till she had spent a brief space in close communion with a minute handkerchief which she had drawn from her pocket.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 by Various
I do not know what our critics always mean when they speak of our close communion," said Mr. Walton, "but that is our position.
From Dorothy Page by Hatcher, Eldridge B.
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