close communion

[ klohs ]
/ kloʊs /

noun Ecclesiastical.

a communion service in which only members of the same denomination or the same church can participate.
Compare intercommunion, open communion.

Origin of close communion

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

OTHER WORDS FROM close communion

close commun·ion·ist, noun

Words nearby close communion

clos, close, close at hand, close but no cigar, close call, close communion, close company, close corporation, close down, close harmony, close helmet

Example sentences from the Web for close communion

  • By this time I had become resigned to this close-communion hospitality and must have slept soundly.

    A Circuit Rider's Wife |Corra Harris

  • I've bin all my life a regler member o' the Baptist Church strict, close-communion, total-immersion Baptists.

    Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) |John McElroy