communion /kəˈmjuːnjən/ noun5 •A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor; and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal. — 1816 •Holy Communion; the Eucharist.One day, when at the height of her illness, she had thought herself dying, and had asked for the communion; […]. — 1886 •A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion) •Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church. •A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former. formscommunions