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cel⋅e⋅brant
[sel-uh-bruh
nt] 
–noun
| 1. | a participant in any celebration. |
| 2. | the officiating priest in the celebration of the Eucharist. |
| 3. | a participant in a public religious rite. |
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| cel·e·brant (sěl'ə-brənt) n.
Usage Note: Although celebrant is most often used to describe an official participant in a religious ceremony or rite, a majority of the Usage Panel accepted the use of celebrant to mean "a participant in a celebration" in an earlier survey. Still, while New Year's Eve celebrants may be an acceptable usage, celebrator is an uncontroversial alternative in this more general sense. |
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Celebrant
Cel"e*brant\, n. [L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare. See Celebrate.] One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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