- 1主禮者（宗教儀式的主持者；天主教彌撒也說主祭）
A celebrant is the person who leads a religious ceremony — or, in a wider church use, someone who takes part in it. At a wedding, a funeral, or a Mass, the celebrant is usually the priest or minister at the front who says the special words. Though actually, some churches say that everyone in the room is a celebrant, because the people are not only watching; they are joining in. In everyday English, will mostly meet the first meaning: the person who leads. In some countries a “civil celebrant” is not a priest at all, but a trained person who leads a wedding or funeral outside a church. That is a later, looser use. The older heart of the word is still a holy ceremony, done with care.
組成From French célébrant, from Latin celebrāns, the present participle of celebrō. In English it is celebrate + -ant (“one who does this”).
同家族的字
- celebratesame Latin verb celebrō
- celebrationthe noun from celebrate
- celebritysame Latin family (celeber, “much visited, famous”)
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
celebrantnoun/ˈsɛlɪbɹənt/
- 1
A person who officiates at a religious ceremony, especially a marriage or the Eucharist.
- The very reverend celebrant was then conducted to the platform of the altar, and the postulant and her attendants having genuflected, the ceremony of reception began with the preparatory prayers and responseries.
- The most appropriate mode of ordering the holy vessels at this part of the service, previously to preparing them for the communion, is for the celebrant to place both the patten and the chalice in the middle of the altar, in a line with himself, the chalice behind and the patten in front; for they are presented before God as one Eucharist.
- 2
A person who conducts formal ceremonies in the community, particularly weddings, baby namings, renewals of wedding vows and funerals.
- These are celebrants who marry people at registry offices.
- Church and state are completely separate but all clergy can be licensed as civil celebrants for legal purposes.
- 3
A person who is celebrating something.
- 1977 February 10, Gerri Major, Gerri Major's Society World: Inaugural Balls Have Largest Black Participation Ever, JET, page 39, Once inside, about all that the celebrants could do was nod their heads to the music and pat their feet.
- […]the celebrants had responded “All hail Satan!” and the girl acolyte had come to the altar and raised her garments to the priest, revealing herself naked beneath them.
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