\Com*mun"ion\, n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See
{Common}.]
1. The act of sharing; community; participation. ``This
   communion of goods.'' --Blackstone.
2. 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.
         We are naturally induced to seek communion and
         fellowship with others.               --Hooker.
         What communion hath light with darkness? --2 Cor.
                                               vi. 14.
         Bare communion with a good church can never alone
         make a good man.                      --South.
3. A body of Christians having one common faith and
   discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.
4. 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.
{Close communion}. See under {Close}, a.
{Communion elements}, the bread and wine used in the
   celebration of the Lord's supper.
{Communion service}, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or
   the office or service therefor.
{Communion table}, the table upon which the elements are
   placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper.
{Communion in both kinds}, participation in both the bread
   and wine by all communicants.
{Communion in one kind}, participation in but one element, as
   in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of
   the bread only.
Syn: Share; participation; fellowship; converse; intercourse;
     unity; concord; agreement.