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How to pronounce celebrant in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms celebrater, celebrator
Type of mortal, person, individual, somebody, someone, soul
Has types merrymaker, reveler, reveller
Derivation celebrate
Type Words
Type of priest

Examples of celebrant

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Yesterday's civil celebrant, Leonie Cook, was in a Gippsland town near Warragul.
From the canberratimes.com.au
I couldn't help the celebrant write a better eulogy, because I was stuck myself.
From the nzherald.co.nz
At the mention of the Incarnation, the celebrant and the congregation genuflect.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The principal celebrant displays the chalice immediately after its consecration.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One unidentified celebrant paid $1 million to book an entire 300-room Marriott.
From the sacbee.com
He is a real estate agent, marriage celebrant and a licensed immigration adviser.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Eulette said the funeral celebrant artfully weaves the history of a person's life.
From the kansas.com
Joseph Shepley, priest-in-charge, will be preacher and celebrant at both services.
From the sfgate.com
It doesn't force any Minister or celebrant to marry a couple against their wishes.
From the scoop.co.nz
More examples
  • A person who is celebrating
  • An officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist
  • In Australia, celebrants are people who conduct formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, which are the main ceremony of legal import conducted by celebrants. They may also conduct extra-legal ceremonies such as naming of babies, renewal of wedding vows and funerals. ...
  • Celebrants are professional life-cycle ceremony officiants who believe in the power and effectiveness of ceremony and ritual to serve basic needs of society and the individual. ...
  • Celebrancy is a movement to provide agents to officiate at ceremonies often reserved in law to clergy or officers of the courts. These agents, generally referred to as "celebrants", perform weddings, funerals, and other life ceremonies for those who do not want a traditional religious ceremony.
  • The bishop or priest who officiates at the altar during the celebration of the Eucharist.
  • A minister or priest -- or in some denominations, a member of the laity -- who leads a worship service which includes communion.
  • A person who performs a rite, especially a priest at the Eucharist or a secular official authorised to conduct civil marriages.
  • The one who presides at a religious service. The priest at Mass is referred to as the Celebrant.