comunioun

• cominion, communion, communyon, communyone, communyoun, comunyon, comunyoun

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comunion, Middle French communion, or their etymon Latin commūniō; equivalent to comunen (“to connect”) +‎ -ioun (“-ion”).

• IPA^(key): /kɔˌmiu̯niˈuːn/, /kɔˈmiu̯njun/, /ˈkɔmənjun/

comunioun (uncountable) (somewhat formal)

1. Commonality, sharing; the state of being united or similar:
   1. (Christianity) The Eucharist; Holy Communion.
   2. (Christianity) Ecclesiastical interrecognition of validity.
2. (rare) Engagement or connection.

• English: communion, Communion
• Middle Scots: communioun (possibly borrowed from Early Modern English)
  • Scots: communion

• “commū̆niǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.