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concelebrate, v.|kɒnˈsɛlɪbreɪt| Also 6 -selebrate. [ad. L. concelebrāt-, ppl. stem of concelebrāre to celebrate in great numbers, etc., f. con- + celebrāre celebrate. Cf. F. concélébrer.] †1. trans. To celebrate together, or in great numbers; to publish the fame of, extol loudly. Obs.
1572Gascoigne Flowers Wks. (1587) 53 And so in frendly wise for to conselebrate This happy match. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe 6 In shrill trumpetting and concelebrating the royall magnificence of her..gouernment. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 231 Wherein the wives of Amnites solemnly, Concelebrate their high feasts Bacchanall. 2. R.C. Ch. Said of newly ordained priests: To celebrate mass along with the ordaining bishop.
1879A. W. Hutton Angl. Ministry 246 From this point the newly ordained ‘concelebrates’ with the Bishop, that is, says aloud with him all the Canon of the Mass. |