Celebrant
noun
A person who is celebrating something especially a religious festival or ceremony.
The priest officiating at a mass is also called a celebrant.
Often appears as...
- catholic celebrant
- wedding celebrant
noun
An official performer of a ceremony, especially a wedding.
In a wedding, the celebrant is the individual, often a clergy member, who performs the wedding ceremony.
Often appears as...
- licensed celebrant
- professional celebrant
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Formal
Technical
noun
A person who is celebrating a special occasion, such as a birthday or victory.
After winning the championship, each player was a celebrant in the team's victory.
Often appears as...
- happily married couples being the celebrants
- birthday celebrant
noun
A person who is celebrating something especially a religious festival or ceremony.
The priest officiating at a mass is also called a celebrant.
Often appears as...
- catholic celebrant
- wedding celebrant
noun
An official performer of a ceremony, especially a wedding.
In a wedding, the celebrant is the individual, often a clergy member, who performs the wedding ceremony.
Often appears as...
- licensed celebrant
- professional celebrant
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
A person who is celebrating a special occasion, such as a birthday or victory.
After winning the championship, each player was a celebrant in the team's victory.
Often appears as...
- happily married couples being the celebrants
- birthday celebrant
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Religious context
Used to describe someone actively involved in a religious ceremony, typically a leader.
The priest, as the celebrant, led the congregation in prayer.
Pro Tip 2/2Celebratory tone
Carries a connotation of joy and participation in a special event, often communal.
The celebrants raised their glasses in a toast.
Pro Tip 1/2Religious context
Used to describe someone actively involved in a religious ceremony, typically a leader.
The priest, as the celebrant, led the congregation in prayer.
Pro Tip 2/2Celebratory tone
Carries a connotation of joy and participation in a special event, often communal.
The celebrants raised their glasses in a toast.
Pro Tip 1/2Religious context
Used to describe someone actively involved in a religious ceremony, typically a leader.
The priest, as the celebrant, led the congregation in prayer.
Pro Tip 2/2Celebratory tone
Carries a connotation of joy and participation in a special event, often communal.
The celebrants raised their glasses in a toast.
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Talk about your death...
A dear neighbor who was like an aunt to me died suddenly of a heart attack, and I attended my first funeral and did my first reading. I didn't know the tightness in my chest and the dryness in my mouth was normal. The celebrant got some of the facts wrong, and it made me really angry.
Video examples
Talk about your death...
A dear neighbor who was like an aunt to me died suddenly of a heart attack, and I attended my first funeral and did my first reading. I didn't know the tightness in my chest and the dryness in my mouth was normal. The celebrant got some of the facts wrong, and it made me really angry.
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Quote examples
Mark Fisher
British Writer
It will come as no surprise that I would count Nietzsche the perspectivist - he who questioned not only the possibility but the value of Truth - as the enemy. There will be even fewer surprises that I would reject the Dionysian Nietzsche, the celebrant of transgressive desire.
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Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
If a brand wants to build social communities, capital and influence, it must become the chief celebrant of its community, not its celebrity. This simple shift in approach unlocks enormous transformative potential for brands.
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John Burnside
Scottish Writer
All my life, I have been a celebrant of Halloween. For me, it is the most important day of the year, the turning point in the old pagan calendar.
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Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
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Mark Fisher
British Writer
It will come as no surprise that I would count Nietzsche the perspectivist - he who questioned not only the possibility but the value of Truth - as the enemy. There will be even fewer surprises that I would reject the Dionysian Nietzsche, the celebrant of transgressive desire.
Quote examples
Simon Mainwaring
Businessman
If a brand wants to build social communities, capital and influence, it must become the chief celebrant of its community, not its celebrity. This simple shift in approach unlocks enormous transformative potential for brands.
Quote examples
John Burnside
Scottish Writer
All my life, I have been a celebrant of Halloween. For me, it is the most important day of the year, the turning point in the old pagan calendar.
Quote examples
Stephen Fry
British Comedian
I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
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