retreatant

[ri-treet-nt]

noun

a person who takes part in a religious retreat.

Origin of retreatant

First recorded in 1875–80; retreat + -ant

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Historical Examples of retreatant

Then they told him that a retreatant would communicate and he answered 'Just so, I shall communicate him.'
En Route
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans