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concelebration

[ kuhn-sel-uh-brey-shuhn, kon- ]

noun

  1. the celebration of a Eucharist or Mass by two or more members of the clergy.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of concelebration1

First recorded in 1840–50; concelebrate + -ion
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Example Sentences

England's Canon F. H. Drinkwater, for example, wonders how Pope John would feel about his council "wasting month after precious month over such trivialities as concelebration, or Communion in both kinds, or new definitions about Our Lady."

In the East the concelebration of the two events continued for some time after Rome had instituted the separate feast of Christmas.

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