communicate 
or facts; to roinimtniciitt- a di06M6! with to 
(formerly iritlt) before the pers.m receiving. 
Their opinion is, that sileli secrete :tn.l le.ls things as 
tliey are should not rashly and imprudently lie com 
culnl ii-i'r/i the common p, ojil. . //./',/.,/, 1 
It was my hap to see his hook in a learned Cent!' 
hand, . . . who very kindl} ,;>im unui- .it, -I the -ame /" me 
for a little space. ' . : i,il. I 'i udilies, I. 71. 
lie ruin itt'i ini-iiti-il those tl -hi- onlv a illi the l.oid 
Digby. I'liin iiilnii. l ; real Itchclli viii. - l-o 
Wliere (lod is worshipped, then- he I'mnm unit-, it,* liis 
lih-ssingsand holy Influences. 
.Iff. Tiiii/nr, W.irthy Communicant. 
They read all they would OOfHtmmidOtl '" their I' 
2f. To share in or participate; have in com- 
mon. 
To thousands that cinninimiciil- ,,ur loss. 
;;. ,/,/IIMIII, Sejanus, III. 1. 
After much stlrre, Almaiiro and I'iearro heeame Ii i- mi 
and agreed to t -nun,,u,u.-,it,- I'mscs and Title-. 
r,ii, -l,ii-, Pil'jrimagr, p. 807. 
3. To administer the cueharist or communion 
to. 
there is iidinitely more reason why infants may he i-oui- 
niiiiiimtnl than why they may not be l.apti/.cd. 
JIT. Tiiiilnf, Works (cd. 1S35), 1. 137. 
The chalice should never have turn-over lips, which are 
extremely liable to cause accident in i-i,iiiininiii-<it!i^i tin 
faithful. *'. tf. Lee. 
Syn. 1. ('"iniiitnitfiii-, tiuiHii-t. These words agree 111 ex- 
pressing the sharing of sonietlling with another. Keucrallv 
something not concrete, as information, news, hope, fears. 
tuij"ift may he used of things concrete, as food. As to 
things intanyihh , ,-<:,,,inunn-,ll<' is the mure general, and 
inifiti-t expresses more of the Idea of sharing or intimacy. 
We may cowwtm/cdfc unconsciously; we itu/mrf hy inten- 
tion. 
Good, the more 
Communicated, more abundant grows. 
Milton, P. L., v. 72. 
He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath 
none: and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. 
Luke ill. 11. 
II. intraus. 1. To have a share; take part; 
participate : followed by in, formerly also by 
with, before the thing shared. 
The place itself . . . did afterward communicate in the 
benefits sent from the Lord. 2 Mac. v. 20. 
Ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my 
affliction. Phil. iv. 14. 
2. To have a connecting passages or means 
of transition ; have communication : said of 
things, and generally followed by with : as, the 
lake communicaten with the sea by means of the 
river. 
The whole body Is nothing but a system of such canals 
which all communicate with one another. 
Artmlluuil, Aliments. 
The houses commtmi'carc. Johnson. 
3. To have or hold intercourse or interchange 
of thoughts: said of persons. 
But ill dear words of human speech 
We two ,-i,,,i,iiiniii'itte no more. 
Tfiuij/mn, In Memoriam, Ixxxv. 
4. To partake of the Lord's supper or commu- 
nion : used absolutely or followed by with. 
It does not appear that he was ever formally reconciled 
to the Church of Rome, but lie certainly had scruples alwnt 
,-,,iiiiiiunicating urith the Church of England. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng., vi. 
In the Fourth Lateral! Council, it was decreed that any 
believer should communicate at least once a year at 
Easter. Emerson, Misc., p. 10. 
communicatet (ko-mu'ni-kat), a. [L. eommit- 
nieatug, pp. : seethe verb.] 1. Communicated; 
shared. Bacon. 2. Communicative. 
That every man, after the measure of his faith, shuld 
he brotherly communicat with his neighbors, and distrib- 
ute vnto them that thing he hath learned. 
Calrin, Four Sermons, I. 
communication (ko-rau-ni-ka'shon), n. r= 
D. kommunikittie =" Dan. kommunikation, < F. 
communication = 8p. comunicacion = Pg. com- 
municafito = It. comunicazione, < L. communi- 
catio(n-), < communicare, communicate : see 
communicate.] I. The act of communicating, 
(at) A conference ; a joint deliberation. 
The Alderman and his Bredern shall assemble in their 
Halle, and drynekc ; ami there bane a cnrteys Communy- 
cncinn for the weelc of the scid (iildc. 
Kwilinh aildi (E. E. T. S.), p. 188. 
(At) An act done in common with others ; a joint trans- 
action. 
That euery brother and suster be gouerned and reuled 
be the Aldirman and inaistres in ridyngge, anil alle othere 
rommtmirfteou/wleful nedefnl and spcdefnl for the Krater- 
nite. Ku : ili*li tjild* (E. E. T. s.), p. 460. 
(c) The act of Imparting, conferring, or liestowlng : as, the 
i-iiniiiiiiiiii-iitiiiii of secrets. (</) The act of sharing or par- 
tlcipating. 
Tliey who have the true taste of conversation enjoy 
themselves in a i-miunnnicntii'ii of each other's excellen- 
cies. Steele, Spectator, No. Of, 
(r) Participation in the sacrament of the Lord's supper. 
72 
1137 
All by communicating of one, Income, as to tha' 
!'/,, i.'illln,,, one. I'.f. l'"ll'"ll, KxpoN. of I I 
2. Interchange of thoughts, opinions, or infor- 
mation by .speech or writing. 
Ue no French, tint mere English, to the French In all 
,1,,, i,,,, i,,,i-, it,, ,n whatsoever. 
Camdrn, Remains, Language!. 
In the way of argument . . . and friendly cvmmNniea- 
li,:,i. lien. V., III. _. 
-. crets may lie carrle<l so far as to stop the .., ,,ni,iiVii. 
tin, i necessary among all who have the management of 
affairs. 
3f. Association; companionship; intercourse. 
F.vil i'" i ,i,,,i, ,1,1 >,<;>in* (revised version, . ..in]ianv doth "| 
corrupt good inanii 1 'oi 
4. Moans of communicating; the way ami the 
means of passing from place to place, as a strait 
or channel between seas or lakes, a road be- 
tween cities or settlements, a gallery lietween 
apartments in a house or a fortification, the 
route by which an army communicates with its 
base of operations, etc. 
While the main liody of Meade's army was marching 
southward to meet Lee at Cnliiepper, Lee was moving 
rapidly northward on parallel roads to lay hold of Meade'i 
communication*. 
If. Sarinlon, Army of the Potomac, p. 378. 
5. That which is communicated or imparted ; 
information or intelligence imparted by speech 
or writing; a document or message imparting 
information. 6. In rhtt., a figure by which a 
speaker or writer represents his nearer or 
reader as participating in his sentiments, by 
the use of the pronoun ire instead of / or you. 
Privileged communication, in late: (a) A communica- 
tion between such persons or under such circumstances 
that it Involves no liability for defamation, except where 
express malice ls shown, (b) A communication between 
such persons or under such circumstances that it Is not a 
matter of right to prove it as an admission by calling the 
receiver of It as a witness. Also called confidential com- 
communication-plate(ko-mu-ni-ka'shon-plat), 
n. In 1'olyzoa, one of the perforated partitions 
or incomplete septa between contiguous cells 
or zooecia of the coenojcium ; a rosette-plate. 
rfvniTniiTiirat.ioTi-vn.1vfl (ko-mu-ni-ka ' shon- 
valv), n. A valve in the steam-pipe which con- 
nects the boiler with the cylinder of a steam- 
engine. 
communicative (ko-mu'ni-ka-tiv), a. [= F. 
communicatif = Vr" comunicatiu = Sp. It. comu- 
nicatiro = Pg. commtmicativo, < ML. conimunica- 
tivus, < L. communicatus, pp. of communicare, 
communicate: see communicate ,~\ 1. Inclined 
to communicate or confer; ready to impart; 
liberal: as, to be mutually communicative of 
benefits. 
The love Ood requires of us is an operative, material, 
and communicative love. 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1885), I. 70. 
They deserve not the name of that communicatire and 
noble profession {gardening]. 
Kr-'iini. Calendarium Uortense. 
2. Disposed to impart or disclose knowledge, 
facts, or opinions; free in communicating ; not 
reserved; open; talkative. 
Mr. Boswell's frankness and gaiety made everylxxly com- 
municative. Johnson, Jour, to Western Isles. 
3. Disposed to communion with others. 
The Morning and Evening Order began, like the Brevi- 
ary, with the Lord's Prayer : but the communicative spirit 
of the Reformation, where the ministry of the Church 
was concerned, was shown at once even in this point. 
R. W. Dixon, Hist. Church of Eng., xv. 
4. Adapted or intended for communicating. 
It cannot be doubted that, in the first stages of com- 
1,1 a nil-Hi in expression, all these three [gesture, grimace, 
utterance] were used together, each for the particular 
purposes which it was Iwst calculated to serve. 
Whitney, Encyc. Brit., XVIII. 767. 
5t. Capable of being communicated; commu- 
nicable. 
That beauty was too communicatire and divine a thing 
to be made a property, and confined to one at once. 
Shaftfslniry, Characteristics (ed. 1782), p. 196. 
communicatively (ko-mu'ni-ka-tiv-li), adv. In 
a communicative manner ; by communication. 
Milton. 
The manifestation of his glory shall arise to us ; we shall 
have it communicatively. Goodmn, Works, III. III. 115. 
communicativeness (ko-mu'ni-ka-tiv-nes), n. 
The state or quality of being communicative ; 
readiness to impart to others; freedom from 
reserve; talkativeness. 
communion-cloth 
see <v>mmni<vif< .] Hue who or Hint which com- 
communicatory (ko.mu'ni-ka-to-ri). n. [= K. 
i-iimiiiiiiiii'iltiin-i' _L Sp. i-iiiHHtili-illiil I". ' Ml., '-inn 
miiitii-iiti'iiiis, < 1. 1., miiiiiiiiiiiriitiir : see commu- 
nii-iil'ir.] Imparting kiniwleil^e. liinrntr. 
Communicatory letters. >ee ,;>,! 
met' 
communio (ko-nm'ni-6), ii. [I.. (IJj.) 
nio : see i-iiiiimiiiiiiiii.] An anthem in the Ko- 
nian missiil. saiil by Hie eelehrant after In 
taken the ablutions. In ih. 
li\ Hie, hoi! 
a ]>-:ilm as a communion anthem while the people Wen 
c,,mrniiii!' atiir:. 
communion (ko-nm'nvmi), . [<lat' 
"/// = F. riHHiiiiininii = l*r. ri,innninmti. rn- 
iiiiniinn = Sp. i iiiiiiiiiinn = IV- I'linimuiilii'iii = It. 
nione = D. communie = O. eommumim = 
Dan. kiiiiiHiiiiniiH = Hw. nrmmunvm, < L. eominu- 
nin(n-), common participation, 1. 1., communion 
in eccl. sense, < rommnnix, common: see 
man, a., and r(i/ ', r.] 1. Participation in 
something, especially in ideas and sentiments 
held in common ; hence, fellowship ; concord ; 
association. 
What communion hath light with darknen? 
2'or. vl. 14. 
Yet [thoul >o pleased, 
Canst raise thy creature to what hlghth thou wilt 
ill union or i-"iiii/n'iu"n, detfleil. 
Milti,!,, I'. I... vill. 429. 
2. Intercourse between two or more persons; 
interchange of thoughts or interests ; communi- 
cation. 
The Israelites had never any communion or affairs with 
the Ethiopians. Raleiyh, Hist. World. 
Tliey eat, they drink, and in communion sweet 
gualf immortality and joy. Milton, P. L, v. 037. 
3. Union in religious worship, or in doctrine 
and discipline; religious fellowship : as, mem- 
bers in full I'liiiiiiiinii'iii. 
Bare communion with a good church can never alone 
make a good man ; if ft could, we should have no bad 
ones. South. 
He desired the prayers of those whom he calls the people 
of i Mid. meaning Mr. OlfTord's little congregation, and the 
handful of persons within his circuit who were In eom- 
i witli them. Soulhry, Bunyan, p. S. 
4. A body of Christians who have one common 
faith, but not necessarily ecclesiastical union ; 
a religious denomination. 
her order, showed me the interior of the house. 
Irving, sketch-Book, p. 334. 
communicator (ko-mu'ni -ka-tor), n. [X LL. 
ruiiiniunicator, < L. communicare, communicate : 
5. The act of partaking of the sacrament of the 
cueharist ; the celebration of the Lord's supper ; 
also, the elements of the eucbarist. 
Of the several names hy which the slipper of the Lord 
has been distinguished, that of the holy rommunum is the 
one which the Church of England has adopted. 
Eden, Churchman's Theol. Diet, p. 102. 
6f. Common action; common consent; public 
act. 
Men . . . served and praised Ood by communion ami 
in public manner. Jtaleiyh, Hist. World. 
belief that all who have not received baptism hy Immer- 
sion are in reality unbaptlzed, and hence not entitled to 
communion. Those who hold this belief are called close- 
communion B&ptlBtA, or closc-communioni*ts, in distinction 
from another class of Baptists opposed to It, and hence 
called open-communit/nistt. The former prevail ill the I nit 
ed states, and the latter In Great Britain. Communion 
anthem or hymn, an anthemorhymn sungafterthecanon 
or prayer of consecration and before or during the com- 
munion of priest anil people. In the early church, when 
all the faithful not under discipline communicated as a 
rule every Sunday, several psalms or hymns with antl- 
phons seem to have been sung at this time. Survivals of 
this are seen In the Western romrntmio and in the trot- 
nonikon of the Greek Church. The S4th psalm was espe- 
cially thus used in primitive times, and Its eighth verse 
as an antiphon, "O taste and see," as also In the Mozara- 
blc liturgy. In the Anglican prayer-book of 1549 the 
Agnus is directed to lie sung during the communion of 
the people. In the American prayer-honk a hymn Im- 
mediately follows the canon.- Communion elements, 
the bread and wine used in the sacrament of the Lord's 
supper. Communion In one kind. See half-cotnmu- 
i'<m. - Communion office, a liturgical form appointed 
for the administration of the holy eiicharist or Lord's sup- 
per. Holy communion, the Lord's supper ; the e u dia- 
rist. See Lorrf.-Open communion, among Baptlstl, 
communion with other Christians than those w ho have re- 
ceived baptism by Immersion. See close com munion, aliove. 
= Syn. 1. Fellowship, converse, Intercourse, unity, con- 
cord, agreement. 
communionable (ko-mu'nyon-a-bl), a. [< com- 
munion + -able.] Admissfble to communion. 
Is. Taylor. 
communional (ko-mu'nyon-al), a. [< commu- 
nion + -i.] Pertaining to a communion : as, 
"communional sympathy," Hniiiiltun. 
communion-cloth (ko-mu'nyon-kl6th), n. A 
cloth for covering the communion-table at the 
time of the service. 
