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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERCOMMUNION

intercommunion  [ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnjən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERCOMMUNION

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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intercommunion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTERCOMMUNION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Full communion

In Christian ecclesiology, full communion is a relationship between church organizations or groups that mutually recognize their sharing the essential doctrines. For the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodoxy and the Eastern Orthodox Church, full communion exists only between Christians who form a single church. Protestants understand full communion as instead a matter of practical relations among denominations that nonetheless fully retain their distinct identities.

Definition of intercommunion in the English dictionary

The definition of intercommunion in the dictionary is association between Churches, involving esp mutual reception of Holy Communion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTERCOMMUNION


antiunion
ˌæntɪˈjuːnjən
banyan
ˈbænjən
canyon
ˈkænjən
communion
kəˈmjuːnjən
companion
kəmˈpænjən
disunion
dɪsˈjuːnjən
dominion
dəˈmɪnjən
excommunion
ˌɛkskəˈmjuːnjən
interunion
ˌɪntəˈjuːnjən
Kenyan
ˈkɛnjən
minion
ˈmɪnjən
misunion
ˌmɪsˈjuːnjən
multiunion
ˌmʌltɪˈjuːnjən
nonunion
nɒnˈjuːnjən
onion
ˈʌnjən
opinion
əˈpɪnjən
pinion
ˈpɪnjən
prounion
prəʊˈjuːnjən
reunion
riːˈjuːnjən
union
ˈjuːnjən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTERCOMMUNION

intercolumniation
intercom
intercommunal
intercommune
intercommunicability
intercommunicable
intercommunicate
intercommunication
intercommunicative
intercommunicator
intercommunity
intercompany
intercompare
intercomparison
interconnect
interconnection
interconnector
interconnexion
intercontinental
intercontinental ballistic missile

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERCOMMUNION

Anglican Communion
art union
bunion
company union
craft union
credit union
customs union
Easter communion
European Union
grunion
Holy Communion
horizontal union
hypostatic union
industrial union
labor union
management union
rugby union
students´ union
trade union
trades union
vertical union

Synonyms and antonyms of intercommunion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «intercommunion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERCOMMUNION

Find out the translation of intercommunion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of intercommunion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intercommunion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

intercommunion
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

intercomunión
570 millions of speakers

English

intercommunion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

intercommunion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

intercommunion
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

интеркоммунион
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intercommunion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরস্পর সম্পর্ক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

intercommunion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Intercommunion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Inter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

親交
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상호 왕래
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Intercommunion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự quan hệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

intercommunion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परस्परसंवाद
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

karşılıklı ilişki
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intercomunione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

interkomunia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтеркоммуніон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

intercomuniune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

intercommunion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wisselwerking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intercommunion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intercommunion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intercommunion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERCOMMUNION»

The term «intercommunion» is normally little used and occupies the 146.262 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERCOMMUNION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intercommunion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERCOMMUNION»

Discover the use of intercommunion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intercommunion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Primary Readings on the Eucharist
Bishop. Kallistos. (Ware). of. Diokleia. 10. Communion. and. Intercommunion*. " The Church is a meeting place of human persons dead, alive and yet to be born, who, loving one another, come together around the rock of the Altar to proclaim ...
Thomas Fisch, 2004
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Communion and Intercommunion
Newly revised and expanded. A study of Communion and intercommunion based on the theology and practice of the Eastern Church. 2nd printing.
Kallistos Ware, 1980
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Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates (Complete)
Or no Forms admit of such intercommunion. 3. Or some Forms do admit of it, and others not. Between these three an option must be made.55 54 Plato, Sophist. p. 251 B.ὡς ἀδύνατοντάτεπολλὰ ἓν καὶ τὸ ἓνπολλὰ εἶναι, &c. 55 Plato, Sophist.
George Grote, 1998
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Church and Reunion in the Theology of Sergii Bulgakov and ...
But Bulgakov proposed a third stage as well: “The final aim of intercommunion, however, is the achievement of full corporate reunion between the Orthodox and Anglican churches.”13 Ultimately “intercommunion is suggested as an attempt to  ...
Sergei V. Nikolaev, 2007
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Plato, and the Other Companions of Sokrates by George Grote: 3
INTERCOMMUNION OF FORMS. 419 such propositions as the following—man is man—good is good, &c.: that to apply many predicates to one and the same subject is to make one thing into many things.h But in reply to these opponents, ...
‎1865
6
The Lord's Supper
Intercommunion then becomes a claim for liberty against a medley of traditionalist, outmoded, burdensome and hateful ideas. Good. But when it comes to turning this intercommunion into an event detached from the past and the future, when it ...
Jean-Jaques Von Allmen, 2002
7
Nordirland in Geschichte und Gegenwart
Here in Northern Ireland those questions are as pressing as they are in any place in the world. A second issue to be faced by Catholics is that of intercommunion. We are - or should be - influenced by our theology in dealing with questions like ...
Jürgen Elvert, 1994
8
Tradition Alive: On the Church and the Christian Life in Our ...
From our Eastern Orthodox standpoint there exists virtually no difference between the relationship of dogmatic agreement to the problem of reunion, or to that of intercommunion alone. Let us disregard for the present exceptional cases of ...
Michael Plekon, 2003
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Churches in the Family of God
For him rather, intercommunion without common understanding, leads to “ communion in a vacuum.” 468 He maintains that the depthof the theology of intercommunion has first to be fully explored so as to provide thebasisfor anysharingin ...
Dr Peter Uche Uzochukwu, 2012
10
The Quest for Unity: Orthodox and Catholics in Dialogue : ...
Most of the discussion focused on intercommunion and centered around a five- page report prepared by Msgr. Bourke and Fr. Meyendorff. The Orthodox were concerned that the Second Vatican Council seemed to have given carte blanche to ...
John Borelli, John H. Erickson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTERCOMMUNION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intercommunion is used in the context of the following news items.
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Column: Is Christianity Moribund?
... Church, I will head to Washington to participate in discussions about intercommunion between Episcopalians and United Methodists. «Valley News, May 15»
2
Kneecapping a Catholic archbishop: The Hunthausen saga …
He was blamed for instances of intercommunion with Protestants. In the Vatican's eyes, that was a “scandal.” How monumentally absurd it ... «seattlepi.com, Apr 15»
3
In Ukraine, unity must begin with the Orthodox, says Catholic …
Church unity consists of intercommunion [soprychastia]—Eucharistic fellowship and the possibility of celebrating the Divine Liturgy together. «Catholic World Report, Dec 14»
4
Divine Liturgy alongside the pope of Rome or in presence of pope …
... they are not getting that communion between the two Patriarchs would amount to a statement of intercommunion between the two Churches. «GetReligion, Dec 14»
5
Phanar to host: “Thronal Feast 2014″ Live
Thus,, Antioch and Alexandria have formal intercommunion agreements with heretical Copts and Syro-Jacobites, as well as open communion ... «NFTU, Nov 14»
6
Recovering Authentic Ecumenism
... is a good thing, this does not involve a worship in common (communicatio in sacris), which would authorize intercommunion with Protestants. «National Catholic Register, Nov 14»
7
Pat. Kirill Meets with Monophysite Hierarchs
... on all areas by joining in Communion with the heretical Monophysite, per separate agreements of intercommunion in 1991 and 1999. «NFTU, Nov 14»
8
All Saints Day Homily, St. Paul the Apostle, Manhattan, 1913
... purgatory and heaven, and whose medium of intercommunion is the joint activity of all spirits upwards toward God the common life of prayer. «Patheos, Nov 14»
9
Russian church the absent player at pope-patriarch summit
While now ready to hold a council, the 14 Orthodox churches still disagree on key points that could block movement towards intercommunion, ... «Reuters, May 14»
10
The First Openly Gay Divorced Bishop
That still wouldn't affect intercommunion and such, of course. As to Methodists, I'm not as familiar with the background that, but I think William ... «The American Conservative, May 14»

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