communiun (1155-60)
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communiun (1155-60)

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  FEW:  communio 2/ii,960b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  communion 9,136a TL: comunïon 2,648 DEAF:  comunïon  DMF:  communion  TLF:  communion  OED:  communion n.  MED:  communioun n.  DMLBS:  communio 399b
communion,  comunion,  comunyon;  cummuniun  

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1 (engagement, participation in) community: 
( 1366; MS: 1570-1610 ) pur ceux ilz sunt excomgez ne soint receux a la grace nostre dit seignour le roy ne a communion ou daliance de ses ministres ne in maintenance de nulle de lieg people en lour erreur tanqu’ils eient fait gree a Dieu et Seint Esglise  46.IX.12
2theol.communion, spiritual intercourse: 
( MS: 1155-60 )  Jeo crei el Seint Espirit […], la communiun (Latin: communionem) des seintes choses  287.7
♦eccl.liturgicalsacrament of communion, breaking of the bread during Eucharist: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Quant mort est a si grevus fes Sanz communiun et desconfés  196.44
en communiun
1eccl.monasticin communion, sharing a common life: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  les (=monks) fist habiter en comunion  175.28
receivre (seinte) communiun
receivre
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