celebrant

n.

1. 1. A person who participates in a religious ceremony or rite.
   2. A person who officiates at a religious or civil ceremony or rite, especially a wedding.
   3. In some Christian churches, the cleric officiating at the celebration of the Eucharist.
2. A participant in a celebration.

USAGE NOTE   Although celebrant is most often used to describe an official participant in a religious ceremony or rite, a majority of the Usage Panel accepted the use of celebrant to mean "a participant in a celebration" in an earlier survey. Still, while New Year's Eve celebrants may be an acceptable usage, celebrator is an uncontroversial alternative in this more general sense.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a person who is celebrating
  Synonyms: celebrator, celebrater

Meaning #2: an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - festdeltager, lovpriser, messepræst

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorganger

Français (French)
n. - pasteur, prédicateur, (Relig) participant, célébrant, officiant

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Eccl.) Zelebrant

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκ.) ιερουργών, χοροστατών

Italiano (Italian)
officiante

Português (Portuguese)
n. - celebrante (m)

Русский (Russian)
священник, отправляющий мессу

Español (Spanish)
n. - celebrante

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - officiant, celebrant

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
司仪神父, 天主教主领弥撒的神父

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 司儀神父, 天主教主領彌撒的神父

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 사제, 축하자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 司祭, 祝賀者, 賞賛者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كاهن يقيم القداس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מנהל טקס (כומר)‬

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