Communion Sunday

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

1. any Sunday on which communion is administered.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Communion Sunday¹

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

“It’s a very dignified place to worship,” said Palmer, who was moved by the consecration and Holy Communion Sunday.

From Washington Post

The Rev. Michael Cannon was offering the sacrament of communion Sunday — drive-thru style — but Mass would not be held, in anticipation of temperatures falling into the mid-20s shortly after sunrise in the Sarasota area.

From Seattle Times

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was not present for the voting rights march now known as Bloody Sunday because he was expected to preach at Ebenezer for communion Sunday, the first sabbath of the month, according to Clayborne Carson, the historian who maintains King’s papers at Stanford University.

From Seattle Times

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was not present for the voting rights march now known as Bloody Sunday because he was expected to preach at Ebenezer for communion Sunday, the first sabbath of the month, according to Clayborne Carson, the historian who maintains King’s papers at Stanford University.

From Washington Times

He thought of a First Sunday, a Communion Sunday not long ago when the saints, dressed all in white, ate flat, unsalted Jewish bread, which was the body of the Lord, and drank red grape juice, which was His blood.

From Literature