antecommunion

English

Alternative forms

• ante-Communion, Ante-Communion

Etymology

From ante- +‎ communion.

Noun

antecommunion (plural not attested)

1. (Christianity, historical) The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “antecommunion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)