communion rail
- the altar rail where communion is received by the congregation.
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Origin of communion rail
First recorded in 1840–50
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Some in their coffins, others on stretchers, they were laid in front of the communion-rail.
The Seaboard Parish, CompleteGeorge MacDonald
Three times the company passed round the church before entering it, and then they trooped up toward the communion-rail.
The DeemsterHall Caine