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concelebrate

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con⋅cel⋅e⋅brate

  [kuhn-sel-uh-breyt, kon-] verb, -brat⋅ed, -brat⋅ing.
Use concelebrate in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to participate in a concelebration.
–verb (used with object)
2. to celebrate (a Eucharist or Mass) with other members of the clergy.
Origin:
1565–75; < L concelebrātus, ptp. of concelebrāre; see com-, celebrate
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con·cel·e·brate   (kən-sěl'ə-brāt')   
v.   con·cel·e·brat·ed, con·cel·e·brat·ing, con·cel·e·brates

v.   intr.
To take part in a concelebration of the Eucharist.
v.   tr.
To take part in (a Eucharist) as a joint celebrant.

[Latin concelebrāre, concelebrāt- : com-, com- + celebrāre, to celebrate; see celebrate.]
con·cel'e·brant (-brənt) n.
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