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acolyte

[ ak-uh-lahyt ]

noun

  1. an altar attendant in public worship.
  2. Roman Catholic Church.
    1. a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders.
  3. any attendant, assistant, or follower.


acolyte

/ ˈækəˌlaɪt /

noun

  1. a follower or attendant
  2. Christianity an officer who attends or assists a priest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of acolyte1

1275–1325; Middle English acolite < Medieval Latin acolytus < Greek akólouthos follower, attendant, equivalent to a- prefix denoting association + -kolouthos, variant of kéleuthos road, journey
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Word History and Origins

Origin of acolyte1

C16: via Old French and Medieval Latin from Greek akolouthos a follower
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Example Sentences

Devoted acolytes may view its scattered vignettes as smaller pieces of a grand puzzle, yet everyone else is apt to be as confused as they are captivated.

Thiel and his acolytes want to drain the swamp and make a fortune selling gator-skin boots.

Later in the season, Cinda sells her name and brand for a huge sum of money and lectures her acolytes in proper podcast intonation.

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She was looking for healthier alternatives and became a Null acolyte, working for a time as a counselor in his office and giving weekly cooking classes at his health-food restaurant.

In Specter’s telling, even Fauci’s onetime antagonists, Kramer chief among them, undergo conversion experiences and become acolytes.

Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”

Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

Yee was, as Brown writes, a Brown acolyte at one point, representing a district of middle class single-family homeowners.

Then, like a true BuzzFeeder acolyte, he added: “This story will blow over as soon as the Kardashians have a new kid.”

He was an acolyte sent forth with bowl and staff to beg for aid in certain temple repairs.

That the acolyte in Claude's case took the form of Louis Gentilis made him no more welcome.

The parish priest sat with his acolyte, who held a crucifix before his eyes so that his thoughts might not wander.

So from this you can see how nobly that young acolyte was provided with all that beseemed his future greatness.

After sermon the preacher returns to the altar, when a fourth functionary appears, whom we suppose must be termed an acolyte.

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