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Erastian :: Erastian (n.) One of the followers of Thomas Erastus, a German physician and theologian of the 16th century. He held that the punishment of all offenses should be referred to the civil power, and that holy communion was open to all. In the present day, an Erastian is one who would see the church placed entirely under the control of the State..

Corporale :: Corporale (a.) A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth..

Novatian :: Novatian (n.) One of the sect of Novatius, or Novatianus, who held that the lapsed might not be received again into communion with the church, and that second marriages are unlawful..

Credence :: Credence (n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated..

Eucharist :: Eucharist (n.) The sacrament of the Lord's Supper; the solemn act of ceremony of commemorating the death of Christ, in the use of bread and wine, as the appointed emblems; the communion..

Intercourse :: Intercourse (n.) A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion..

Commune :: Commune (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

Intercommunion :: Intercommunion (n.) Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities..

Postcomminion :: Postcomminion (n.) The concluding portion of the communion service.

Incommunicating :: Incommunicating (a.) Having no communion or intercourse with each other.

Introit :: Introit (n.) An anthem or psalm sung before the Communion service.

Christian :: Christian (n.) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.

Gospeler :: Gospeler (n.) A priest or deacon who reads the gospel at the altar during the communion service.

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..

Propound :: Propound (v. t.) To propose or name as a candidate for admission to communion with a church.

Noncommunion :: Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.

Gloria :: Gloria (n.) A portion of the Mass (Gloria in Excelsis Deo, Glory be to God on high), and also of the communion service in some churches. In the Episcopal Church the version in English is used..

Corporas :: Corporas (n.) The corporal, or communion cloth..

Tersanctus :: Tersanctus (n.) An ancient ascription of praise (containing the word Holy -- in its Latin form, Sanctus -- thrice repeated), used in the Mass of the Roman Catholic Church and before the prayer of consecration in the communion service of the Church of England and the Protestant Episcopal Church. Cf. Trisagion..

Communicate :: Communicate (v. i.) To administer the communion to.

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