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

The good farm-wife had not lived on the prairie all her life without contracting to the full the superstitions which always come to those whose lives are spent in such close communion with Nature.

From The Hound From The North by Bull, Charles Livingston

St. Martin now lived in very close communion with God, and his miracles showed that he was not just an ordinary good man.

From Stories of the Saints by Candle-Light by Barclay, Vera C. (Vera Charlesworth)

Bill Rann called for Josh early the next morning, and they strolled down Old Jago Street in close communion.

From A Child of the Jago by Morrison, Arthur