(in a Christian church) the table at which people take communion
The priest placed a cross on the communion table.
communion table in American English
noun
Ecclesiast
the table used in the celebration of communion, or the Lord's Supper; the Lord's table
Word origin
[1560–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1560–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: acute, ellipsis, sector, sympathy, vertex
Examples of 'communion table' in a sentence
communion table
One of the pinnacles collapsed and plunged through the roof, and lightning blasted through the main door and shattered the altar, pulpit and communion table.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I was henceforth shut out of the vestry and slept in the holiest part of the kirk under the communion table.