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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Despite the presence of more than five dozen priests, it was the laity and the celebrants who distributed Communion.
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Each evening the men waited to begin dinner until the celebrant of the 5: 30 mass had returned from the church.
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Nine priests concelebrated with Canon Mulvaney as the chief celebrant .
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The celebrant receives a medallion which indicates the length of time that person has abstained from alcohol.
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The celebrants are brought into a new relationship with the substance of their celebration.
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The instrument becomes both a means of communication, possessed of clearly defined powers, and an attribute of the celebrant .
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The streets are lined with celebrants.