communion

noun

• 1the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level:in this churchyard communion with the dead was almost palpable
• common participation in a mental or emotional experience:popular festivals where all take part in joyous communion

• 2 (often Communion or Holy Communion) the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared. See Eucharist.
• the consecrated bread and wine so administered and received:the priests gave him Holy Communion

• 3a relationship of recognition and acceptance between Christian churches or denominations, or between individual Christians or Christian communities and a church (signified by a willingness to give or receive the Eucharist):the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome
• a group of Christian communities or churches that recognize one another’s ministries or that of a central authority. See also Anglican Communion.