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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Communicant, n. [e.m.E. (1552), L. commūnicans.] One who partakes of the Communion. —1562-3 Winȝet I. 89/24.
We demand ȝou gif our Saluiour … præscriuit ane law … of the numbre of the communicantis
