| AGAPE | A communal meal in the early Christian church commemorating the Last Supper |
| EASTER | Festival of the Christian Church commemorating the Resurrection of Christ |
| REFECTORY | A room used for communal meals in a religious institution (9) |
| MESS | Word whose etymology reveals a journey from a served portion of food to a communal meal and ultimately to disorder, muddle and untidiness (4) |
| PRESBYTER | An elder of a congregation in the early Christian Church |
| ASCETICISM | The principles of severe self-discipline, especially in the early Christian Church |
| AMBO | An oblong pulpit with steps at each end in the early Christian church (4) |
| ANGELUS | Series of prayers in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the Incarnation |
| LITURGY | Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine (7) |
| EUCHARIST | Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine |
| MAUNDY | ___ Thursday, Christian feast commemorating the Last Supper (6) |
| LAMMAS | August 1, held as a feast in the Roman Catholic church, commemorating St Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison |
| BEE | Insect whose busyness is reflected in a communal assembly for a concentrated effort, such as a lexical challenge, aka a spelldown (3) |
| LOUNGE | A communal room in a hotel, ship or theatre for relaxing in (6) |
| NARTHEX | Entrance hall at the west end of an early Christian church or basilica, railed off from the nave (7) |
| BASILICA | An early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica. |
| HIP | Word meaning "aware, informed, sophisticated"; a coxa; an exclamation used to invoke a communal cheer; or, a vitamin C-rich fruit of a wild rose (3) |
| EREMITE | Christian hermit or recluse. as opposed to a member of a communal order (coenobite) (7) |
| DORM | Short word for a communal bedroom in a boarding school (4) |
| KIBBUTZNIK | One living in a communal settlement in Israel (10) |
