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communicant
[ kuh-myoo-ni-kuhnt ]
noun
- a person who partakes or is entitled to partake of the Eucharist; a member of a church.
- a person who communicates.
adjective
- communicating; imparting.
communicant
/ kəˈmjuːnɪkənt /
noun
- Christianity a person who receives Communion
- a person who communicates or informs
adjective
- communicating
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Other Words From
- postcom·muni·cant adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of communicant1
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Example Sentences
Another occasional communicant is Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who attended Xavier High School next door.
He was here for his third time; for two years a regular communicant, having received a good deal of teaching before I knew him.
The Duke of Argyll is a seatholder and frequent communicant; and other persons of general and literary distinction.
But a year or two passes over, and the critical season arrives when our young communicant ‘comes out,’ as the word is.
What was I doing to let that so promising communicant go so far astray, and I never to go after him?
Blackbird was probably a good communicant of some wilderness mission, but this brought her no nearer to a son of Ireland.
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