Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

concelebrate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-cel-e-brate
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To celebrate along with others

verb

To take part in the Eucharist as a joint celebrant.

verb

To take part in the Eucharist as a joint celebrant.

Example Sentences

"Here I could breake out into a boundleſſe race of oratory, in ſhrill trumpetting and concelebrating the royall magnificence of her gouernement, that for ſtate and ſtrict ciuill ordering, ſcant admitteth any riuals: but I feare it would be a theame diſpleaſant to the graue modeſty of the diſcreet preſent magiſtrates; and therefore conſultiuely I ouerſlip it, […]"
"We had been told before the service that we were invited to move up to the altar if we wanted to concelebrate."
"A blog explaining the decision cited the shrine’s policy that women priests are not permitted to celebrate or concelebrate the eucharist there."

Etymology

From con- + celebrate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: con

Inflected Forms

concelebrates (present, singular) concelebrating (participle, present) concelebrated (participle, past) concelebrated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

concelebration

Questions

What does concelebrate mean?: To celebrate along with others
Where does concelebrate come from?: From con- + celebrate.

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