verb
- celebrating or officiating at a religious service jointly with one or more other clergy members
Usage: primarily used in Christian liturgical contexts; present participle of concelebrate
Examples
- The bishop was concelebrating the Easter Mass with several priests from the diocese.
- Multiple cardinals were concelebrating the papal liturgy at the cathedral.
- The priests gathered in the sanctuary, concelebrating the Eucharist together.
- Concelebrating clergy stood at the altar during the solemn high Mass.
- The archbishop invited visiting bishops to join him in concelebrating the ordination service.