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# celebrant

noun (a celebrant, celebrants)

«celebrant» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A celebrant is a person who leads a ceremony, such as a wedding, a naming day or a funeral. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#m3)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x1)
- Our wedding celebrant was a friendly woman with a loud voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x2)
- At Grandad's funeral the celebrant told stories about his life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x3)
- The priest was the celebrant at the Sunday service. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/#x5)
- The celebrants danced in the street until the music stopped. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «celebrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/celebrant/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«celebrant» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/celebrant.html) on Mova free.