acolyte

ac·o·lyte  (k-lt)

n.

1. One who assists the celebrant in the performance of liturgical rites.

2. A devoted follower or attendant.

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[Middle English acolit, from Old French, from Medieval Latin acolytus, from Greek akolouthos, attendant; see anacoluthon.]

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acolyte

Noun

1. a follower or attendant

2. Christianity a person who assists a priest [Greek akolouthos]

Thesaurus

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 altar boy - a boy serving as an acolyte clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend - a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church thurifer - an acolyte who carries a thurible Holy Order, Order - (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy; "theologians still disagree over whether `bishop' should or should not be a separate Order"

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acolyte

noun 1. follower, fan, supporter, pupil, convert, believer, admirer, backer, partisan, disciple, devotee, worshipper, apostle, cohort chiefly U.S. adherent, henchman, habitué, votary

noun 2. attendant, assistant, follower, helper, altar boy