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communicant definition

com·mu·ni·cant (kə myo̵̅o̅′ni kənt)

noun

  1. a person who receives Holy Communion or belongs to a church that celebrates this sacrament
  2. Rare a person who communicates information; informant

Etymology: < L communicans, prp.: see communicate

adjective

Rare communicating

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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