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▪ I. communing, vbl. n.|kəˈmjuːnɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the vb. commune, in various senses: †a. Sharing, participating; b. Holding converse or communion; c. Communion, fellowship.
a1300Cursor M. 25087 (Cott.) To haf wit santes communing. a1340Hampole Psalter vi. 1 Comunynge of sacrament of þe autere. a1400Credo in Rel. Ant. I. 38, I byleve in..holy chirche general, the comunyng of halewes. a1500Prose Legends in Anglia VIII. 130 Cownseylles and communynges. 1509Paternoster, Ave & Creed (W. de W.) A iij, I trowe in..holy chirche unyversall, comunynge of sayntes. 1548Gest Pr. Masse 108 Mutual receipt and comunyng of them. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. ii, That Communing of Soul with Soul. 1863Burton Bk. Hunter 334 His communings with his own heart.
▪ II. coˈmmuning, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That communes, or is in communion.
1887Pall Mall G. 29 Oct. 2/1 The Baptist Union..consists of between 1,800 and 2,000 churches with their pastors, and a communing membership of over 200,000. |