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communicant

/kəˈmjuːnɪkənt/

communicant noun: a person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.).

Noun

communicant (plural communicants)

  1. A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
    • a never-failing monthly communicant1706 August 30, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Bennett
    • Meanwhile, the lass grew up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. I have heard Dr. Chrystal say that he never had a communicant more full of the things of the Spirit.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. One who communicates.
    • Each was a messenger and communicant with a special branch of knowledge.1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 94
    • partakers communicant with the bodie of Christ1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC

Adjective

communicant (not comparable)

  1. Communicating.
    • The co-eternal Son of the living God, incarnate, tempted, crucified, resurgent, communicant of his spirit, ascendant, and obtaining for his church the descent of the Holy Ghost.c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church

communicant meaning in Indonesian

communicant in Indonesian

person who receives Communion
komunikan
one who communicates
komunikan

Examples of communicant in a sentence

  • The folded hands and submissive posture of the orderly line of communicants.1986 December 14, Don Hill, “For Gay and Lesbian Catholics, Perseverance Means Carving Their Own Niche”, in Gay Community News, volume 14...
  • These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215:

Forms of communicant

pluralcommunicants

Words formed from communicant

Questions about communicant

What does communicant mean?
Communicant means a person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.).
What is communicant in Indonesian?
Communicant in Indonesian is komunikan. See Communicant meaning in Indonesian.
How do you use communicant in a sentence?
The folded hands and submissive posture of the orderly line of communicants.
What part of speech is communicant?
Communicant can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce communicant?
Communicant is pronounced /kəˈmjuːnɪkənt/.
What is the plural of communicant?
The plural of communicant is communicants.

Words near communicant in the dictionary

  1. communicable
  2. communicable scale
  3. communicable scales
  4. communicableness
  5. communicably
  6. communicant
  7. communicants
  8. communicatable
  9. communicate
  10. communicated
  11. communicatee

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