different between sacrament vs communicant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sacrement, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacr?mentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacr? (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæk??m?nt/

Noun

sacrament (plural sacraments)

1. (Christianity) A sacred act or ceremony in Christianity. In Catholic theology, a sacrament is defined as "an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace."
2. (in particular) The Eucharist.
3. The consecrated Eucharist (especially the bread).
4. A thing which is regarded as possessing a sacred character or mysterious significance.
   • 1651, Jeremy Taylor, Twenty-sermons for the winter half-year, "The Faith and Patience of the Saints"

     God sometimes sent a light of fire, and pillar of a cloud […] and the sacrament of a rainbow, to guide his people through their portion of sorrows.

5. The oath of allegiance taken by soldiers in Ancient Rome; hence, any sacred ceremony used to impress an obligation; a solemn oath-taking; an oath.

Translations

Verb

sacrament (third-person singular simple present sacraments, present participle sacramenting, simple past and past participle sacramented)

1. (transitive) To bind by an oath.

See also

• Catholic and Eastern churches have seven sacraments: baptism; confirmation; communion, Mass, or Eucharist; penance; extreme unction (Anointing of the Sick, last rites); holy orders / ordination; and matrimony.
• Protestant churches list two sacraments: baptism and Lord's Supper.
• Eucharistic liturgy
• Holy Eucharist
• Holy Sacrament
• Liturgy
• Lord's Supper
• sacrament on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Old French sacrament, from Ecclesiastical Latin sacr?mentum (“sacrament”), from Latin sacr? (“hallow, consecrate”), from sacer (“sacred, holy”), originally sum deposited by parties to a suit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa?.kra??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: sa?cra?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

sacrament n (plural sacramenten)

1. (Christianity) sacrament

Derived terms

• laatste sacramenten
• sacramenteel
• sacramentsaltaar
• Sacramentsdag

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: sakramen

Romanian

Etymology

From French sacrement, from Latin sacramentum.

Noun

sacrament n (plural sacramente)

1. sacrament

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??mju?n?k?nt/

Noun

communicant (plural communicants)

1. A person who receives (or is allowed to receive the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of) the sacrament of Holy Communion (compare also the terms: communion, Communion, Lord’s Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy).
   • , August 30, 1706, Francis Atterbury, a sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. Bennett

     A never-failing monthly communicant.

2. One who communicates.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Foxe to this entry?)

   • 2013, Al Cooper, Sex and the Internet: A Guide Book for Clinicians (page 215)

     These cyberforums are asynchronous; that is, contributors post (i.e., publish a text message) without the need for fellow communicants to be online at the same time.

Translations

Adjective

communicant (not comparable)

1. Communicating.
   • c. 1828, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Field on the Church

     The co-eternal Son of the living God, incarnate, tempted, crucified, resurgent, communicant of his spirit, ascendant, and obtaining for his church the descent of the Holy Ghost.

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin c?mmunic?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.my.ni?k?nt/
• Hyphenation: com?mu?ni?cant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

communicant m (plural communicanten, diminutive communicantje n)

1. (Christianity, chiefly Roman Catholicism) A communicant, one receiving Holy Communion.

   Synonym: communieganger

French

Adjective

communicant (feminine singular communicante, masculine plural communicants, feminine plural communicantes)

1. communicating.

   vases communicants (communicating vessels)

Latin

Verb

comm?nicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of comm?nic?