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communicant

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com·mu·ni·cant  (k-myn-knt)
n.
1. A person who receives or is entitled to receive Communion.
2. A person, especially an informant, who communicates something.
com·muni·cant adj.
communicant [kəˈmjuːnɪkənt]
n
1. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) Christianity a person who receives Communion
2. a person who communicates or informs
adj
communicating
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.communicantcommunicant - a person entitled to receive Communion
Christian - a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
Translations
communicant [kəˈmjuːnɪkənt] N (Rel) → comulgante mf
communicant [kəˈmjuːnɪkənt] n (RELIGION) → communiant(e) m/f
communicant
n (Eccl) → Kommunikant(in) m(f)
communicant [kəˈmjuːnɪkənt] n (Rel) → comunicante m/f
communicant [kəˈmjuːnɪkənt] n (Rel) → comunicante m/f


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The officiating priest was just finishing mass whilst D'Artagnan was looking at Bazin; he pronounced the words of the holy Sacrament and retired, giving the benediction, which was received by the kneeling communicants, to the astonishment of D'Artagnan, who recognized in the priest the coadjutor* himself, the famous Jean Francois Gondy, who at that time, having a presentiment of the part he was to play, was beginning to court popularity by almsgiving.
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They had been persuaded that the hosts which we consecrated and gave to the communicants were mixed with juices strained from the flesh of a camel, a dog, a hare, and a swine; all creatures which the Abyssins look upon with abhorrence, believing them unclean, and forbidden to them, as they were to the Jews.
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