COMMUNICATION.While conversation in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] means manner of life, conduct, communication means conversation, talk. So Col_3:6 filthy communication (RV [Note: Revised Version.] shameful speaking) and elsewhere. The verb to communicate is now used in a restricted sense, so that its occurrences in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] , where it has the general meaning of making common cause with one, may be misunderstood. Cf. the Rhemish tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Joh_4:9 : For the Jewes do not communicate with the Samaritanes (AV [Note: Authorized Version.] have no dealings with).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909