celebrant

2 definitions found

celebrant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Celebrant \Cel"e*brant\, n. [L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare.
     See Celebrate.]
     One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied
     particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic
     Church, as distinguished from his assistants.
     [1913 Webster]

celebrant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  celebrant
      n 1: a person who is celebrating [syn: celebrant,
           celebrator, celebrater]
      2: an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist