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Acolyte

see synonyms of acolyte

Noun

1. acolyte

someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acolyte

see synonyms of acolyte
noun
1. 
a follower or attendant
2. Christianity
an officer who attends or assists a priest

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Acolyte

see synonyms of acolyte
noun
1. 
in some Christian churches
a. 
one of the four minor orders, the special function of which is to serve at the Eucharist
b. 
any person ordained to this order
c. 
any person who serves at the Eucharist
d. 
server; , altar boy
2. 
an attendant; follower; helper

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Acolyte

see synonyms of acolyte
n.
1. A person who assists the celebrant in the performance of liturgical rites.
2. A devoted follower or attendant.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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