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COMMUNICANT
communicant
(noun) a person entitled to receive Communion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
communicant (plural communicants)
A person who receives (or is allowed to receive the elements (i.e, bread and wine) of) the sacrament of Holy Communion (compare also the terms: communion, Communion, Lord’s Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy).
One who communicates.
Adjective
communicant (not comparable)
Communicating.
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mu"ni*cant, n. Etym: [L. communicans, p. pr.]
1. One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member. A never-failing monthly communicant. Atterbury.
2. One who communicates. Foxe.
Com*mu"ni*cant, a.
Definition: Communicating. [R.] Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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