From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcommunicantcom‧mu‧ni‧cant /kəˈmjuːnəkənt/ noun [countable] RRCsomeone who receives communion regularly in the Christian Church
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communicant• Here only eight of the 3,000 communicants were Nonconformists.• A government or religion prescribes and imposes sanctions selected by their effectiveness in controlling citizen or communicant.• This prayer asks the Father to make all the communicants one by the action of the Spirit. 8. 