communicant
Speech parts
1. communicant - Noun
2. communicant - Adjective
Meaning
One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.
Communicating.
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Examples
He was a communicant of St. Pius Roman Catholic Church serving on the parish council as a member and president for several terms.
Mrs. Kimbrough was a communicant of St. Mary Our Lady of Ransom Church, where she was a part-time church secretary for 20 years, a choir member and active in both the Catholic Women’s Society and the Altar Guild.
One of the original parishioners of St. John Neumann Church in Merrimack, NH, Ann was a communicant there for more than 35 years.
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".
Since that time he has not been a communicant of any church."