Communicant Definition

kə-myo͝onĭ-kənt
communicants
noun
A person who receives Holy Communion or belongs to a church that celebrates this sacrament.
Webster's New World
A person who communicates information; informant.
Webster's New World
adjective
Communicating.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Communicant

Noun

Singular:
communicant
Plural:
communicants

Communicant Sentence Examples

  • In receiving it the communicant must not touch the host with his finger; otherwise it loses its virtue.

  • The inner circle of communicant members is hardly more than one-third of the total.

  • Unleavened bread was to be used and placed not in the hand but in the mouth of the communicant.

  • After the Augsburg 2 He read the usual service, but omitted everything that taught a propitiatory sacrifice; he did not elevate the Host, and he gave both the bread and the cup into the hands of every communicant.

  • The question is not, " have you been baptized or are you a regular communicant?

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