Celebrant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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