Acolyte










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Acolyte \Ac`o*lyte\, n. [LL. acolythus, acoluthus, Gr. ?
following, attending: cf. F. acolyte.]
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1. (Eccl.) One who has received the highest of the four minor
orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the
wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
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2. One who attends; an assistant. "With such chiefs, and with
James and John as acolytes." --Motley.
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altar boy \al"tar boy\, n.
a boy who assists a priest at the clebration of the Holy Mass
and other forms of public worship; -- also called acolyte.
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acolyte
n 1: 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
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acolyte [ækəlait]
Messdiener; Messgehilfe

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acolyte [ækəlait]
adepte
acolyte
adhérent; affilié; partisan

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acolyte

akolitus
gyertyahordozó
hûtanítvány
ministráns
oltárszolga
társcsillag


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acolyte
membro

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acolyte [ækəlait]
adepto, partidário
acólito, sacristão
cidadão, membro, sócio

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acolyte [ækəlait]
partidario

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acolyte [akolit]
Akoluth; Meßdiener

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acolyte [akolit]
acolyte

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acolyte [akolit]
altaardienaar; acoliet

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acolyte

Messgehilfe f; Messdiener m
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75 Moby Thesaurus words for "acolyte":
Bible clerk, Bible reader, acolytus, adjutant, agent, aid, aide,
aide-de-camp, aider, almoner, anagnost, assistant, attendant,
auxiliary, beadle, bedral, best man, capitular, capitulary,
choir chaplain, churchwarden, clerk, coadjutant, coadjutor,
coadjutress, coadjutrix, deacon, deaconess, deputy, diaconus,
doorkeeper, elder, elderman, executive officer, exorcist,
exorcista, help, helper, helpmate, helpmeet, holy orders,
lay elder, lay reader, lector, lecturer, lieutenant, major orders,
minor orders, ostiarius, paranymph, paraprofessional, parish clerk,
precentor, presbyter, priest, reader, ruling elder, sacrist,
sacristan, second, servant, sexton, shames, sideman, sidesman,
subdeacon, subdiaconus, succentor, suisse, supporting actor,
supporting instrumentalist, teaching elder, thurifer, verger,
vergeress



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