If I go only to complain, he will answer I am wrong not to be a communicant, and I have nothing to answer.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
However, Bryce was a communicant of a very simple faith-to wit, that one is never whipped till one is counted out, and the first shock of Shirley's discovery having passed, he wasted no time in vain repinings but straightway set himself to scheme a way out of his dilemma.
"The Valley of the Giants"
Peter B. Kyne
When they agree upon some one as suitable for the congregation, they then invite him to preach a trial sermon, or as a visitor, and several Sundays or other days afterward, they shall ask the communicant members of the congregation for their opinion, or their vote may be sent in writing to the church council, whether they desire to receive and acknowledge him as their Pastor or not.
"The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America"
Beale M. Schmucker