Definitions For Audient

Noun

AUDIENT (plural AUDIENTs) (obsolete) A hearer. (obsolete, specifically) A catechumen, , convert#noun, convert to christianity under instruction before baptism in the early christian#adjective, christian church, church.

Adjective

(not comparable) listen, listening, pay attention, paying attention. from mid 16th c. :

Derived terms

audiently

Related terms

Translations

Esperanto: aŭskultanta, atenta

Etymology

Borrowed from , of audiēns, , hearing, listening; attending, paying attention to (or directly from audiēns), the of audiō, , to hear, listen to; to attend, pay attention to, from (from *h₂ew-, , to perceive, see) + *dʰeh₁-, *dʰh₁-ye/o-, to render. The noun may be borrowed from , from the participle audiēns.