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celebrant - 3 dictionary results

cel⋅e⋅brant

[sel-uh-bruhnt]
–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.

Origin:
1830–40; < L celebrant- (s. of celebrāns prp. of celebrāre to solemnize, celebrate), equiv. to celebr- (see celebrate ) + -ant- -ant
cel·e·brant   (sěl'ə-brənt)   
n.  
    1. A person who participates in a religious ceremony or rite.
    2. A person who officiates at a religious or civil ceremony or rite, especially a wedding.
    3. In some Christian churches, the cleric officiating at the celebration of the Eucharist.
  1. A participant in a celebration.
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.

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.
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