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Postcommunion   Listen
noun
Postcommunion  n.  
1.
(Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) The concluding portion of the communion service.
2.
(R. C. Ch.) A prayer or prayers which the priest says at Mass, after the ablutions.





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"Postcommunion" Quotes from Famous Books



... chalice, one of wine, the other of wine and water, lest any portion of the sacred blood should remain in it: he recites the communion or anthem, which was originally sung while the holy communion was distributed; he says the prayer or prayers called postcommunion, dismisses and begs God's blessing on the people, in fine he recites the beginning of St. John's gospel or some other gospel appropriate to the day. We shall on other occasions recur to various ceremonies ...
— The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome • Charles Michael Baggs


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