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# celebrant

«celebrant» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who leads a ceremony, such as a wedding, a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a celebrant, celebrants)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A celebrant is a person who leads a ceremony, such as a wedding, a naming day or a funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#m1)

2) A priest or minister who leads a church service, especially Mass, is called the celebrant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#m2)

3) Sometimes a celebrant is simply a person who is celebrating something at a party or festival. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and everyday life it names the person in charge of a special ceremony; in Australia, New Zealand and the UK many weddings are led by a «civil celebrant» or «marriage celebrant» instead of a priest. It tells the reader who is speaking the important words at the ceremony. Phrases: marriage celebrant, civil celebrant, funeral celebrant.

### examples

- The celebrant asked everyone to stand as the bride came in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x1)
- Our wedding celebrant was a friendly woman with a loud voice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x2)
- At Grandad's funeral the celebrant told stories about his life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x3)
- The priest was the celebrant at the Sunday service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x4)
- In Australia you can marry in a park if a celebrant leads the ceremony. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x5)
- The celebrants danced in the street until the music stopped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x6)
- The celebrant read a poem at my baby sister's naming day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x7)

### note

Countable: a celebrant, two celebrants. Do not confuse it with «celebrity» (a famous person) or «celebration» (the party or event itself). The stress is on the first syllable: CEL-e-brant. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «celebrant» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.