intercommunion

[ in-ter-kuh-myoon-yuh n ]

/ ˌɪn tər kəˈmyun yən /

mutual communion, association, or relations.

Ecclesiastical. a communion service among members of different denominations.

Compare close communion, open communion.

Origin of intercommunion

First recorded in 1755–65; inter- + communion

Art and skill are required to distinguish what Forms admit of intercommunion, and what Forms do not.

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) |George Grote
The primitive idea of an altar was a table of intercommunion with God, or with the gods.

The Covenant of Salt |Henry Clay Trumbull
This was magnified by his opponent Eustathius into a correspondence and intercommunion between the archbishop and heresiarch.

Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) |John Henry Newman
Travel, reciprocity, "interviewing," intercommunion of lands—what are they but Democracy's and the highest Law's best aids?

Complete Prose Works |Walt Whitman

Remains only the third alternative — that some forms admit of intercommunion — others not.

Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) |George Grote

intercommunion

/ (ˌɪntəkəˈmjuːnjən) /

association between Churches, involving esp mutual reception of Holy Communion