Holy Communion

noun

Examples of Holy Communion in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The incident occurred 48 minutes into the service, which involved 60 children making their First Holy Communion, KADN reported. Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024 On March 5, 2023, the Rev. Joseph Crowley, pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish, which includes St. Thomas, reported that during Holy Communion a lay person distributing hosts had found the wafers had multiplied in the ciborium. Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2024 Take the scene of Holy Communion near its beginning: Indika, a young Russian Orthodox nun and our unconventional heroine, is waiting dutifully to take her sip of wine. Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 1 May 2024 So, too, went the history of the Church of the Holy Communion, a former Episcopal house of worship at Sixth Avenue and 20th Street, built in 1844 and landmarked in 1966, then sold off for secular use in the 1970s. Curbed, 11 Dec. 2023 On January 9, 1890, she was baptized, confirmed and received her first Holy Communion. Kathryn Jean Lopez, National Review, 20 Nov. 2023 The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be celebrated at each early service. Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2023 Raised as Catholic, Maya said she wasn’t allowed to have sacraments that a priest brought her, including Holy Communion. Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023 The attention-grabbing opening has a group of excitable young girls in mid-flight through a bucolic field, shouting Andrzej’s name and jeering after the kid has run off in one of their First Holy Communion veils and scrambled up a tree. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Holy Communion was in 1548

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“Holy Communion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Holy%20Communion. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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