Communion :: Communion (n.) Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints..
Communion :: Communion (n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion..
Communion :: Communion (n.) The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion..
Communism :: Communism (n.) A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all..
Communist :: Communist (n.) An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.
Communist :: Communist (n.) A supporter of the commune of Paris.
Communistic :: Communistic (a.) Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories..
Communistic :: Communistic (a.) Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds..
Community :: Community (n.) Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods..
Community :: Community (n.) A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests..
Community :: Community (n.) Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general..
Community :: Community (n.) Common character; likeness.
Excommunicate :: Excommunicate (v. t.) To put out of communion; especially, to cut off, or shut out, from communion with the church, by an ecclesiastical sentence..
Excommunicate :: Excommunicate (v. t.) To lay under the ban of the church; to interdict.
Excommunication :: Excommunication (n.) The act of communicating or ejecting; esp., an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual..