acolyte
an altar attendant in public worship.
Roman Catholic Church.
a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders.
the order itself.: Compare exorcist (def. 2), lector (def. 2), ostiary (def. 1).
any attendant, assistant, or follower.
Origin of acolyte
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How to use acolyte in a sentence
His acolytes, some of whom refer to themselves as “health freedom fighters” are undeterred by this sort of jealous shoptalk.
Honey Boo Boo, Snake Oil, and Ebola: The Weird World of Young Living Essential Oils | Kent Sepkowitz | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe really bad guys, Al Qaeda and its acolytes, see the potential.
Inside the NYPD’s Report on the Kenya Shopping Mall Massacre | Christopher Dickey | December 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTCalderwood and his acolytes were about humanizing big business.
Ace Hotel Founder Alex Calderwood’s Greatest Legacy | Jessica Dawson | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmost all of them by then had become Hartman's acolytes, and I began to come regularly to his shul on Shabbat.
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman | Bernard Avishai | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHartman clearly wanted acolytes and showered attention, affection, and extravagant praise on students who were all in.
In A Very Deep Way: Remembering Rabbi David Hartman | Bernard Avishai | February 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Relying on the Church, it has made the Church a formidable ally; the monks are its support, its acolytes, its spies.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacThe moment had now arrived when the dialogue of the two acolytes was to be resumed.
The Tiger Hunter | Mayne ReidThen the procession formed, and they entered the wonderful place, preceded by vergers with staves, and by acolytes.
Fair Margaret | H. Rider HaggardUnder no circumstances must my two acolytes be permitted to see those papers, much less to seize them.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice Leblanc"My two acolytes will come and attend to his case," I said to myself, as I hastened away by the road through the ravine.
The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar | Maurice Leblanc
British Dictionary definitions for acolyte
/ (ˈækəˌlaɪt) /
a follower or attendant
Christianity an officer who attends or assists a priest
Origin of acolyte
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