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

Said the Canterbury-York report on recommending intercommunion: "We consider that there are no longer any grounds for hesitancy in accepting as valid in intention the consecrations and ordinations of the Church of South India."

From Time Magazine Archive

If the churches agree to go ahead with the intercommunion, the committee suggested that the decision be celebrated in reconciliation ceremonies at churches and chapels across the country.

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In the wake of Roman Catholic talks with both Anglicans and Lutherans, the report could help pave the way for intercommunion among all three groups within the decade.

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

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“All that night,” says Mary, “we were detained in captivity within our chamber, and not permitted to have intercommunion scarcely with our servant-women.”

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford