communicant
Americannoun
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a person who partakes or is entitled to partake of the Eucharist; a member of a church.
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a person who communicates.
adjective
noun
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Christianity a person who receives Communion
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a person who communicates or informs
adjective
Other Word Forms
- postcommunicant adjective
Etymology
Origin of communicant
1545–55; < Latin commūnicant- (stem of commūnicāns ), equivalent to commūnic ( āre ) to share with ( communicate ) + -ant- -ant
Example Sentences
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So what did this new-old Willie Nelson sound like as he spent his birthday weekend floating on the adulation of friends, kin, communicants and apostles?
From Washington Post
In a 2008 interview with C-SPAN, Ms. Pelosi described herself as a “regular communicant” and said that if she were ever denied communion, “that would be a severe blow to me.”
From New York Times
Known to friends and family as Lily, she was taken to church from a young age by her father, a daily communicant.
From Washington Post
Sixteen communicants sang “Be Not Afraid” to commence Mass. When they finished, Corbett, 63, stood on the altar and complimented the congregation.
From Washington Post
Archbishop John C. Wester in Santa Fe has forbade communicants from taking the communion wafer on the tongue.
From Washington Times
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