concelebration

American

[kuhn-sel-uh-brey-shuhn, kon-] / kənˌsɛl əˈbreɪ ʃən, kɒn- /

noun

the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.

Etymology

Origin of concelebration

First recorded in 1840–50; concelebrate + -ion

Example Sentences

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England's Canon F. H. Drinkwater, for example, wonders how Pope John would feel about his council "wasting month after precious month over such trivialities as concelebration, or Communion in both kinds, or new definitions about Our Lady."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the East the concelebration of the two events continued for some time after Rome had instituted the separate feast of Christmas.

From Project Gutenberg

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