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com⋅mu⋅ni⋅cant

  [kuh-myoo-ni-kuhnt]
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–noun
1. a person who partakes or is entitled to partake of the Eucharist; a member of a church.
2. a person who communicates.
–adjective
3. communicating; imparting.
Origin:
1545–55; < L commūnicant- (s. of commūnicāns), equiv. to commūnic(āre) to share with (see communicate ) + -ant- -ant
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com·mu·ni·cant   (kə-myōō'nĭ-kənt)   
n.  

  1. A person who receives or is entitled to receive Communion.

  2. A person, especially an informant, who communicates something.

com·mu'ni·cant adj.
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