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Webster 1913 Edition

Communicant

Com-mu′ni-cant

(kŏm-mū′nĭ-kant)
,
Noun.
[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

(kŏm-mū′nĭ-kant)
,
Adj.
Communicating.
[R.]
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition

Communicant

COMMUNICANT

,
Noun.
One who communes at the Lords table; one who is entitled to partake of the sacrament, at the celebration of the Lords supper.

Definition 2024

communicant

communicant

English

Noun

communicant ‎(plural communicants)

  1. A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the sacrament of Holy Communion
    • Atterbury
      A never-failing monthly communicant.
  2. One who communicates.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Foxe to this entry?)
    • 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians (page 215)
      These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.

Adjective

communicant ‎(not comparable)

  1. Communicating.
    • Samuel Taylor Coleridge
      The co-eternal Son of the living God, incarnate, tempted, crucified, resurgent, communicant of his spirit, ascendant, and obtaining for his church the descent of the Holy Ghost.

French

Adjective

communicant m ‎(feminine singular communicante, masculine plural communicants, feminine plural communicantes)

  1. communicating.
    vases communicants (communicating vessels)

Latin

Verb

commūnicant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of commūnicō

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