postcommunion

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noun

The concluding portion of the communion service.

OriginEcclesiastical Latin postcommūniō →
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Meanings

nounpostcommunion (plural postcommunions)

plural postcommunions

  1. The concluding portion of the communion service.
  2. CatholicismA prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.
adjectivepostcommunion (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAfter communion.

Origin

  1. Ecclesiastical Latinpostcommūniō
  2. Englishpostcommunion

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin postcommūniō. By surface analysis, post- + communion.

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APA

postcommunion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcommunion

MLA

“postcommunion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcommunion. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postcommunion,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postcommunion.

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