noun
- a person who administers something, especially medicine or a sacrament
Usage: formal
Examples
- The nurse served as the administrant of the patient’s daily medication.
- The priest was the administrant of the last rites.
- Each administrant must follow strict protocols when dispensing treatments.
- The hospital appointed a new administrant for the emergency ward.
- As the administrant of the sacrament, he performed the ceremony with reverence.