Get to know Officiant better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like clergyman or reverend.
Officiant meaning
- A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (in Christianity, at any ceremnoy other than the Eucharist).
- A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony.
Using Officiant
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who officiates at a religious ceremony (in Christianity, at any ceremnoy other than the Eucharist). | A person who officiates at a civil (non-religious) wedding ceremony.
- Useful related words include: clergyman, reverend.
- In the example corpus, officiant often appears in combinations such as: marriage officiant, wedding officiant, officiant was.
Context around Officiant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Officiant
- In this selection, "officiant" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, marriage, wedding, york, muscles, license and katarina stand out and add context to how "officiant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a celebrity officiant and a marriage officiant in hindu. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "officiant" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with officiant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He is the officiant in both wedding ceremonies in the movie. (11 words)
Are There Resident Requirements To Obtain a One-Day New York Officiant License? (13 words)
They decided to just exchange vows alone on April 4 with their officiant. (13 words)
The couple, who are Clarkson “superfans,” got engaged at one of her concerts in 2019, informed her that they’d brought an officiant to the show, and asked if they could get married — right there in the crowd. (38 words)
The former talk show host, 65, and the actress, 50, said 'I do' all over again who served as officiant, as well as Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle as guests. (35 words)
Saunders said that he has advised many inquiring cross-border couples that they can marry in the park, as long as they obtain a Washington state marriage licence and are wed by a Washington officiant. (35 words)
Are There Resident Requirements To Obtain a One-Day New York Officiant License? (13 words)
Example sentences (16)
Susan, who is a professional wedding officiant, was able to flex her officiant muscles during Gerry’s wedding to Theresa Nistspecial in front of millions of viewers.
Are There Resident Requirements To Obtain a One-Day New York Officiant License?
McArthur, or a Spanish-speaking officiant, would run through a script, inflecting here, pausing there.
The all-important topic came up while they were looking for a wedding officiant, and it caused the guys to question if a future was actually possible.
The former talk show host, 65, and the actress, 50, said 'I do' all over again who served as officiant, as well as Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and his wife Meghan Markle as guests.
Dianuaku Paulo Bengui, 29, and Ezequias Kassinda Monteiro Zavarias, 30, who were both born in Angola, are married by officiant Katarina Reynolds at Portland City Hall on Aug. 30.
The couple, who are Clarkson “superfans,” got engaged at one of her concerts in 2019, informed her that they’d brought an officiant to the show, and asked if they could get married — right there in the crowd.
The service was graced by Stephen Blakeley, once PC Younger on Heartbeat, now lending his star power to funeral services as a celebrity officiant.
Our officiant was a dear friend of ours, and a few minutes later he announced that we'd actually invited them over for our wedding.
Saunders said that he has advised many inquiring cross-border couples that they can marry in the park, as long as they obtain a Washington state marriage licence and are wed by a Washington officiant.
They decided to just exchange vows alone on April 4 with their officiant.
The officiant, the Rev. Karen Brau, senior pastor at Luther Place Memorial Church, in Washington, read from the Song of Solomon: "For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.
A person who do all the rituals at Temples and also act as a Marriage officiant in Hindu culture.
During the ceremony, each partner in the couple makes marriage vows to the other in front of the marriage officiant.
He is the officiant in both wedding ceremonies in the movie.
Some people living in remote areas also use their status as ordained ULC ministers to meet the marriage officiant needs of their communities.
Common combinations with officiant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- marriage officiant 3×
- wedding officiant 2×
- officiant was 2×
- the officiant 2×
- officiant in 2×