noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Holy Communion
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
holy
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He was a high churchman for whom the sacrament of holy communion was the supreme moment of worship.
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Sam is now seven, and received his First holy communion at this convent on the next day.
■ VERB
receive
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Sam is now seven, and received his First holy communion at this convent on the next day.
take
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He would be taking Christmas communion to the sick.
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He was baptized, confirmed at the age of 13, and regularly took communion at Mass.
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I have memories of asking permission to take communion .
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The underground Catholics tend to congregate in smaller groups, meeting in private homes to take communion .
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He appeared so frail that people taking communion were moved to sympathy.
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The Empress was crowned, and then the Emperor and Empress entered the cathedral to take communion .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Far from being vacuous storytelling, myth in its true sense is a communion with the deepest truths of existence.
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George Gaynor sat down on the top step leading to the communion rail.
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He would be taking Christmas communion to the sick.
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In time, the self-denying monks gathered for worship and the sacrament of communion .
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She decided not to go to communion .
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The Empress was crowned, and then the Emperor and Empress entered the cathedral to take communion .
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They are harder still to interpret: what does a large attendance at Easter communion imply?
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True, they are playing with great danger, but they may never really experience communion with the evil force behind astrology.