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Definition of "communicant" [com•mu•ni•cant]

  • A person who receives or is entitled to receive Communion. (noun)
  • A person, especially an informant, who communicates something. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "communicant" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "“The Body of Christ,” he says to each communicant—some in business attire on their way home from work, some wearing coats and scarves to guard against the cold in the low-lit, drafty hall."
  • "He was a communicant of St. James Church in Danielson, a member of the"