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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin commūniō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˈmu.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -uɲa
- Syllabification: ko‧mu‧nia
Noun
komunia f (related adjective komunijny)
- (Christianity) Holy Communion (sacrament)
- Synonym: eucharystia
- (Roman Catholicism) sacramental bread, communion bread, communion wafer, Eucharist, host (bread used in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist; before the consecration)
- Synonyms: eucharystia, hostia, komunikant
- (Christianity) Holy Communion (the part of the Mass in which the priest and the believers receive Holy Communion)
- (colloquial, Roman Catholicism) First Communion (first time that a person receives the sacrament of Communion)
- Synonym: pierwsza komunia
- (colloquial, Roman Catholicism) First Communion (celebration consisting of a mass and a party)
- Synonym: pierwsza komunia
- (literary) communion (joining together of minds or spirits)
- Synonym: zjednoczenie
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Further reading
- komunia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- komunia in Polish dictionaries at PWN