reˈtreatant
[f. retreat v.1 + -ant.]
One who takes part in a religious retreat.
| 1880 Echo 18 Sept. 1/5 One [prayer] which asks for a blessing upon a ‘conductor of a retreat and forty-two retreatants’ may be mentioned for the introduction of a new and awkward word into the vocabulary of a section of the Anglican priesthood. 1899 Month May 466 The nuns have placed large rooms and dormitories at the disposal of the retreatants. |