单词 | communion letter |
释义 | > as lemmascommunion letter communion letter n. now historical = letter of communion at Phrases 2. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [noun] > membership in > certificate of letter of communion1585 communion lettera1711 a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 135 in Wks. (1721) II. He no Communion-Letters could pretend, Which mov'd the Angel Entrance to suspend. 1956 A. Fremantle Papal Encyclicals i. 23 These letters were called ‘peace’ or ‘communion’ letters, because they served to prove that the bearer belonged to the communion and was allowed to receive the Eucharist. 1996 J. A. Otto & L. M. Maloney tr. K. Schatz Papal Primacy i. iv. 17 Anyone who could present such a communion letter was accepted into the new community as a Christian. < as lemmas |
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