Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COM-MUN'ION, n. [commu'nyon; L. communio; Fr. communion; It. comunione; Sp. comunion; Port. communham. See Common.]

1. Fellowship; intercourse between two persons or more; interchange of transactions, or offices; a state of giving and receiving; agreement; concord. We are naturally led to seek communion and fellowship with others. – Hooker. What communion hath light with darkness? – 2 Cor. vi. The communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. – 2 Cor. xiii.
2. Mutual intercourse or union in religions worship, or in doctrine and discipline. The Protestant churches have no communion with the Romish church.
3. The body of Christians who have one common faith and discipline. The three grand communions into which the Christian church is divided, are those of the Greek, the Romish and the Protestant churches.
4. The act of communicating the sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the participation of the blessed sacrament. The fourth council of Lateran decrees that every believer shall receive the communion at least at Easter. – Encyc.
5. Union of professing Christians in a particular church; as, members in full communion. Communion-service, in the liturgy of the Episcopal church, is the office for the administration of the holy sacrament.