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::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | man of the cloth, clergyman, holy order, order, reverend |
| Has types | altar boy, thurifer |
Examples of acolyte
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Led by McConnell acolyte David Williams, the GOP Senate has done as it was told.
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A few pages later he invites an attractive New York acolyte up to his hotel room.
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Macquarie Street, says a leading Hawke acolyte, has too many Liberal seat-warmers.
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We meet Blair as trembling acolyte to the Clintonian ideal of center-left politics.
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Christensen is able as an acolyte but dreadful as a depressed angel of death.
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It is simply the reminiscence of an acolyte still spellbound after all these years.
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Morgan Freeman brilliantly plays Mandela, and Matt Damon plays his athletic acolyte.
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Then the bagpipers led the beadle, acolyte and clergy out of the church while playing.
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Her job, always, was to place herself in the position of wide-eyed acolyte.
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- 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
- In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone who performs ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In other Christian Churches, the term is more specifically used for one who wishes to attain clergyhood.
- Acolyte is the debut studio album by the English alternative dance band Delphic, released by Polydor Records on 11 January 2010. It was recorded mostly in Ewan Pearson's Berlin studio. ...
- The Acolyte was a science fiction fanzine edited by Francis Towner Laney from 1942-1946 (a total of 14 issues), dedicated to articles about fantasy fiction, with particular emphasis on H. P. Lovecraft and his circle. ...
- The Acolyte is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley.
- (Acolytes (film)) Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror and thriller film about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week. ...
- (The Acolytes) The Acolytes Protection Agency (APA), was a professional wrestling tag team that consisted of John "Bradshaw" Layfield and Ron "Faarooq" Simmons. They wrestled for the American promotion, World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E) between October 1998 and March 2004.
- (Acolytes) Laypersons (usually young people aged 10-18) who assist in a variety of ways in worship processions and at the altar along with clergy and eucharistic ministers.
- (Acolytes) An assistant to a clergy.
