Burnbrae was a big-hearted man, with a fatherly manner, and had a genius for dealing with "young communicants."
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
He found only twelve communicants in the parish, and left seventy!
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
There was nothing pressing; there was plenty of time; better take time and think; ah, yes, here is Christmas close upon us, I cannot decently trouble a priest who has his penitents to confess, for there are many communicants on that day.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans