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Definition of Communicant
1. Noun. A person entitled to receive Communion.
Definition of Communicant
1. n. One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.
2. a. Communicating.
Definition of Communicant
1. Noun. A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the sacrament of Holy Communion ¹
2. Adjective. Communicating. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Communicant
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Communicant
Literary usage of Communicant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Collections by Minisink Valley Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Society (1846)
"Cyprian Southack, communicant and church-warden. Capt. Wentworth Paxton. ...
John Tresor, communicant William Rouse. Anthony Blunt, communicant and ..."
2. Notitia Eucharistica: A Commentary, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Historical by William Edward Scudamore (1876)
"The Minister himself to deliver the Bread to each communicant, 1 To ANY ONE.]—It
may be asked whether the Minister is bound to deliver the Bread to each ..."
3. The Poetry of Travelling in the United States by Caroline Howard Gilman (1838)
"THE BLIND NEGRO communicant. A SKETCH FROM LIFE, BY MARY E. LEE. ... It was the
blind communicant! He came, Led by a friendly hand, and took his place ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1844)
"•J'J.— The Young communicant; an Aid to the Right Understanding and Spiritual
Improvement of the Lord's Supper. Boston : Gould, Kendall & Lincoln. 1H-14. ..."
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