/keuh myooh"ni keuhnt/ , n.
1. a person who partakes or is entitled to partake of the Eucharist; a member of a church.
2. a person who communicates.
adj.
3. communicating; imparting.
[ 1545-55; communicant- (s. of communicans ), equiv. to communic ( are ) to share with (see COMMUNICATE) + -ant- -ANT ]