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officiants

officiants is the plural of officiant.

Meaning of officiant

Noun

officiant (plural officiants)

  1. A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (in Christianity, at any ceremony other than the Eucharist).
    • There are moments in a witchcraft ceremony when a god is believed to enter the body of the officiant.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 72
  2. A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony.

Questions about officiants

What is officiants the plural of?
Officiants is the plural of officiant.

Words near officiants in the dictionary

  1. officialship
  2. officialships
  3. officialties
  4. officialty
  5. officiant
  6. officiants
  7. officiaries
  8. officiary
  9. officiate
  10. officiated
  11. officiates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: officiants (page history and authors); officiant (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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