Definition of celebrant
: one who celebrates;
specifically
: the priest officiating at the Eucharist
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Examples of celebrant in a Sentence
The bishop will be the main celebrant.
the celebrant of the service
The celebrants lit their candles.
Recent Examples of celebrant from the Web
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Archbishop Gregory Aymond was the celebrant of the Mass, and students, faculty, parents, other priests, and alumni gathered together in worship to celebrate.
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Philly police are trying something other than grease to keep celebrants from climbing poles.
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There was at least one celebrant there Sunday who attended Specs’ opening on that April Friday in 1968, when LBJ was president and students at Ohio State University seized the administration building.
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Teresa Graham, a humanist celebrant, is to officiate.
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So much so that celebrants in the streets have sometimes been inspired to climb balcony poles to reach then.
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Other than the horse and awning episodes, the celebrants in Philadelphia were relatively well mannered.
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Not all the Vietnamese, however, were euphoric celebrants, certainly not the Vietcong who were violating their own announced seven-day Tet truce with surprise attacks across the country.
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In addition to reading the questions, the skill lets the birthday celebrant rate the answers and offer sound effects (crowd cheers, annoying buzzers and the like) based on the rating.
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celebrant Synonyms
Synonyms
celebrator, merrymaker, partyer (also partier), partygoer, reveler (or reveller), roisterer;
Antonyms
CELEBRANT Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of celebrant for English Language Learners
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: a person who performs or leads a religious ceremony
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: a person who participates in a religious ceremony
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: a person who celebrates something
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