Communicant

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  • noun. A person who receives or is entitled to receive Communion.
  • noun. A person, especially an informant, who communicates something.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In anatomy, same as communicating; noting one of several nerves or arteries.
  • Communicating; imparting.
  • noun. One who communicates at the Lord's table; one who is entitled to partake of the sacrament at the celebration of the eucharist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Communicating.
  • noun. One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.
  • noun. One who communicates.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the sacrament of Holy Communion
  • adjective. Communicating.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person entitled to receive Communion
  • Word Usage
    "Auden, who cannot have read many advice columns, was publicly known as a communicant of the Episcopal Church, a return in his celebrated genius to the church of his English boyhood."
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