close communion

American  

[klohs] / kloʊs /

noun

Ecclesiastical.

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

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Other Word Forms

• close communionist noun

Etymology

Origin of close communion

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

Example Sentences

He sat in close communion with a thin, jug-eared man, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

She knew he had doubts concerning close communion, and she had heard him say that certain complications of predestination and free will did not appear reasonable to him.

From The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories by Graham, Margaret Collier

First of all, it establishes a close communion among those who have lived and who are living on earth.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.

They thought Brother Brigham Young was a close communion Baptist.

From Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission by Whitney, Orson F.