Words Like ACOLYTE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ACOLYTE.

2 Alternative Words Similar to acolyte

1 Order Noun      Synonym Words Like Order
2 Reverend Noun      Synonym Words Like Reverend

7 definitions of acolyte

1 One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
2 An attendant, assistant or follower.
3 One who waits on a person; an attendant; an assistant.
4 In the Roman Catholic Church, one ordained to the fourth and highest of the minor orders, ranking immediately below the subdeacon. See orders.
5 In astronomy, an attendant or accompanying star or other heavenly body; a satellite.
6 Sometimes written acolyth, and formerly also acholithite, acolythe, acolythist, acolothist.
7 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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