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† non-coˈmmunion Obs.
[non- 1.]
1. Lack of communion or fellowship.
1648Gage West. Ind. xii. 63 Non-communion of prayers.
2. Refusal to communicate, esp. according to the rites of the Church of England. Hence † non-coˈmmunionist, one who practises such abstention.
1644J. Dury Epist. Disc. 20 Except they can make clearly appear..that the Church way of Non-Communion (for I know not what else to call it) is the only true way of God. Ibid. 41 The scrupulosities of the Non-Communionists.
3. Exclusion from communion.
1723in Narr. Proc. Synods Presbyt. Irel. (1727) 73 For prescribing a particular form of Confession to Intrants under the penalty of Non-communion. |