English → Latin
“communion” in Latin
commūniōcommunion (all senses); association, fellowship, communitycommūnitāsa community; public spirit, a sense of duty and willingness to serve one's communitycōnsortiumfellowship, participation, societycōnsorsshared, common; kindred; sharersconiūnctiōconjunction; combination; association, affinity, relationshipsocietāssociety, fellowship, partnership, association, community, union; affinity (a union for a common purpose); a company or sūtorto use, make use of, employ; to enjoy, indulge in, take advantage of; to experience, undergo, encountercōnsuētūdōThe act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation.; A custom, habit, use, usage, convention, familiāritāsintimacy; close friendship; familiaritynectōto connect, interweave, attach, unite; relate; to bind, tie, fasten; to bind by obligation, oblige, make liable
The English word communion itself goes back to Latin commūnis, through commūniō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
communion
communio (social connexion, by which anything becomes common to several individuals: fellowship: communio sanguinis, consanguinity, Cic.): communitas (as quality of what is common): consortio: consortium (mutual participation in anything; then social connexion among persons): conjunctio: societas (any connexion, union, especially for the accomplishment of any object): usus: consuetudo (intercourse, acquaintanceship): familiaritas (intimate acquaintance): nexus (connexion of several things among another): By communion (as in “to praise God by communion,” Raleigh), communiter: conjunctim: to have or maintain communion with anybody, cum aliquo conjunctum esse (with each other, inter se): societatem or commercium cum aliquo habere: societas or commercium mihi est cum aliquo. In ecclesiastical sense, perhaps *in rebus sacris commercium cum aliquo habere, or *rerum sacrarum communione cum aliquo conjunctum esse. [OBSERVE. “Communion” in an ecclesiastical sense, is communio in St. Augustine. Thus, privare aliquem communione sacri altaris: suspendere aliquem communione: imperatores nostrae communionis, etc.]
= Lord’s Supper, *cena Domini; *cena or mensa sacra; eucharistia (Scriptores Ecclesiastici): communio sancti altaris (Augustin): to receive the communion, sumere cenam Domini *ex sacra cena sumere cibum: *celebrare eucharistiam: accedere ad mensam sacram
Communion-table, mensa sacra. altare: Communion-cloth, *tegmen altarium.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for communion?
- The usual Latin words for “communion” are commūniō, commūnitās, cōnsortium; also cōnsors, coniūnctiō, societās. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.