Definition for MIL'ITANT

MIL'ITANT, a. [L. militans, milito, to fight.]

  1. Fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. Spenser.
  2. The church militant, is the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies; thus distinguished from the church triumphant, or in heaven. Hooker.

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