Communicant is an English word with synonyms like christian. Below you'll find 8 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Communicant meaning
- A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)
- One who communicates.
Synonyms of Communicant
Using Communicant
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.) | One who communicates.
- Useful related words include: christian.
- In the example corpus, communicant often appears in combinations such as: communicant of, was communicant.
Context around Communicant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 15.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Communicant
- In this selection, "communicant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 15.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, longtime and daily stand out and add context to how "communicant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include was a communicant of st and a daily communicant and became. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "communicant" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with communicant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She was a communicant of St. Peter Church. (8 words)
She was a longtime communicant of St. Joseph Church. (9 words)
She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. (10 words)
Anita was a communicant of St. Augustine Catholic Church of Saint Michael’s Parish a member of Cushnoc Senior Citizens and the American Association of Retired Persons. (27 words)
Others require that the communicant be a baptized person, or a member of a church of that denomination or a denomination of "like faith and practice". (26 words)
She was an enthusiastic parishioner, a daily communicant and became an active member of the Secular Franciscan Order in 1901. (20 words)
Example sentences (8)
Anita was a communicant of St. Augustine Catholic Church of Saint Michael’s Parish a member of Cushnoc Senior Citizens and the American Association of Retired Persons.
She was a communicant of St. Peter Church.
She was a longtime communicant of St. Joseph Church.
He was a communicant of the Pentecostal Born Again Christian Assembly.
She was a communicant of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Mr. Miller was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and a member of the Elks.
She was an enthusiastic parishioner, a daily communicant and became an active member of the Secular Franciscan Order in 1901.
Others require that the communicant be a baptized person, or a member of a church of that denomination or a denomination of "like faith and practice".
Common combinations with communicant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- communicant of 6×
- was communicant 5×