English
celebrant
Noun

celebrant (plural celebrants)

  1. A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
    • 1851, John Bate Cardale, Catholic apostolic church services, Readings upon the Liturgy and Other Divine Offices of the Church, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vc4CAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA140&dq=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22+-intitle:%22celebrant%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hfMgT57sOOS3iQfE5tDRBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22%20-intitle%3A%22celebrant%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 140],
      The most appropriate mode of ordering the holy vessels at this part of the service, previously to preparing them for the communion, is for the celebrant to place both the patten and the chalice in the middle of the altar, in a line with himself, the chalice behind and the patten in front; for they are presented before God as one Eucharist.
  2. (Australia, NZ) A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals.
    • 2006, Timoshenko Aslanides, Occasions for Words: Poems for Birth, Marriage, Death and Much Between, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hP9Kq0b-w6kC&pg=PP7&dq=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22+-intitle:%22celebrant%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=WP4gT6y2F4ipiAee-qTrBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22%20-intitle%3A%22celebrant%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page v],
      When we first began as celebrants back in 1973, we had no poetry in our heads at all.
  3. A person who is celebrating something.
    • 1977 February 10, Gerri Major, Gerri Major's Society World: Inaugural Balls Have Largest Black Participation Ever, JET, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Gb8DAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA39&dq=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22+-intitle:%22celebrant%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JAwhT5q_ILGYiAe7_pDuBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22%20-intitle%3A%22celebrant%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 39],
      Once inside, about all that the celebrants could do was nod their heads to the music and pat their feet.
    • 1997, Thomas Andrew Bailey, David M. Kennedy, The American Spirit: To 1877, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GK4MdBOyvKIC&q=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22+-intitle:%22celebrant%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22celebrant%22|%22celebrants%22+-intitle:%22celebrant%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=LRIhT6uxKLGViAeX06zTBA&redir_esc=y page 12],
      The procession began, and the celebrants filed into the temple patio to dance the Dance of the Serpent.
Translations Translations
  • German: Festredner
  • Spanish: celebrante
Translations
  • German: Feiernder
  • Spanish: celebrante


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