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plural communicants
(Christianity) 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.) quotations examples
a never-failing monthly communicant
August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Bennett
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.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
One who communicates. quotations examples
Each was a messenger and communicant with a special branch of knowledge.
1974, John Boorman, Zardoz, London: Pan Books, page 94
partakers communicant with the bodie of Christ
1563 March 30, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […]
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.
2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians, page 215
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Communicating. quotations examples
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.
c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church