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coˈmmunionist
[f. communion + -ist.]
a. One who partakes of the Communion, a communicant (rare).
b. close communionist, open communionist, strict communionist, free communionist; one who adheres to close or open communion: see communion 7;
c. fellow-communionist: a member of the same communion.
1644J. Dury Epist. Disc. 41 Most of the scrupulosities of the non-communionists may be resolved thereby. 1826J. Gilchrist Lect. 24 The glorious victory over the strict communionists. 1851S. Judd Margaret iii. (1871) 363 Many of the children are communionists. 1865Lond. Rev. 30 Dec. 711/1 The Old School Presbyterians of the North insist that their fellow communionists of the South should repudiate their errors. 1884Spurgeon in Chr. Commw. 1 May 692/3 As compared with the bulk of English Baptists I am a strict communionist myself, as my Church fellowship is strictly of the baptised. |