communicant

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Recent Examples of communicant The longtime resident of Sherwood Road in Ruxton was an active communicant at the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, serving as a vestry member, junior warden and stewardship chair. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 21 Feb. 2021 Both the Archdiocese of Washington and the Diocese of Arlington have taken precautionary steps: removing holy water from fonts, asking communicants to receive it by hand, and limiting the distribution of the Precious Blood to just priests. Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 10 Mar. 2020 Although each of us communes the Body and Blood of Christ, the invisible microbes that may enter our mouths from the previous communicant are harmless. Christina Capatides, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2020 Alfred was a longtime communicant of Church of the Assumption. courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for communicant
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Noun
  • Since then, his daughter, Kerri Rawson, has publicly discussed having to reconcile the truth about her father, a churchgoer and former Cub Scout leader, with the reality of his vicious crimes.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • But by late Sunday morning, when the worshippers had just finished the Sacrament, the attack began, a churchgoer named Paula told CNN affiliate WXYZ.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • CenterPoint also organized a Hope and Healing session to help congregants.
    Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Born in London on May 3, 1991, Acutis began saying the rosary daily at around 5-and-a-half years old, his mother told congregants at the University of Mount Saint Vincent, in New York City.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Communicant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communicant. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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