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Webster 1913 Edition


Officiant

Of-fi′ciant

,
Noun.
[L.
officians
, p. pr. See
Officiate
.]
(Eccl.)
The officer who officiates or performs an office, as the burial office.
Shipley.

Definition 2024


officiant

officiant

English

Noun

officiant (plural officiants)

  1. A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (other than the Eucharist)
  2. A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony.

See also


French

Verb

officiant

  1. present participle of officier

Latin

Verb

officiant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of officiō