OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 43282

communicant

/kəˈmjuːnɪkənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
comulgante
A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
1706 August 30, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Bennett a never-failing monthly communicant
Meanwhile, the lass grew up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. I have heard Dr. Chrystal say that he never had a communicant more full of the things of the Spirit.
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