communion
noun
Often Communion
self-communion
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a word derived from
communion.
Example Sentences
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All of this is done in a vibrantly alive yet hushed voice that floats somewhere between willed stupidity and luminous knowledge, between self-communion and self-justification, between exhilaration and despair.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2014
Within this interpretive arc, the slow — only moderately slow — second movement emerged more emphatically than ever as the heart of the concerto, building up a sense of profound self-communion.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2010
Salinger’s use of reiteration and redundancy in Holden’s self-communion conveys this.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 4, 1951
Diarist Beyle's spontaneous self-communion is raw, inchoate, crackling with vitality, sometimes overdetailed, often brilliantly illuminating.
From Time Magazine Archive
At this moment, while in self-communion, the military command: "Halt!" came to me, and in obedience to it I stood still in the box, having a full view of the four other occupants.
From Lincoln's Last Hours by Charles Augustus Leale
