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communicant

noun

Definition of communicant

as in churchgoer

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Recent Examples of communicant Nonetheless, the event’s atmosphere reliably turns Lincoln Center into a hive of cinematic energy, and the impatient desire that draws audiences through the doors provides a sense of like-minded communicants at the movie altar. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2025 Simon—five years older and strikingly beautiful—works as a political consultant for high-minded left-wing politicians, is a communicant in the Roman Catholic Church, and has considered joining the priesthood. — Caleb Crain, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021 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 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

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One churchgoer, Erica Rahr, alleged that JP Miller expected Mica Miller to have sex four times a day.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
He was ultimately taken to the ground and placed under a citizen’s arrest by that person and another churchgoer who rushed to help, the records show.

— Harry Harris, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026

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Police say 46-year-old Larry Montes struck a congregant, smashed property, then spat on and headbutted a security officer before being tackled by an off-duty cop.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Hallegua is the synagogue's last local congregant — the only Jew left in Jew Town.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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