Words Like ACOLYTE
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to ACOLYTE.
    
    
    
        
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        7 definitions of acolyte
           
        
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        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.
    
    
    
 
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        An attendant, assistant or follower.
    
    
    
 
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        One who waits on a person; an attendant; an assistant.
    
    
    
 
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        In the Roman Catholic Church, one ordained to the fourth and highest of the minor orders, ranking immediately below the subdeacon. See orders.
    
    
    
 
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        In astronomy, an attendant or accompanying star or other heavenly body; a satellite.
    
    
    
 
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        Sometimes written acolyth, and formerly also acholithite, acolythe, acolythist, acolothist.
    
    
    
 
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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