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acolyte
[ ak-uh-lahyt ]
noun
- an altar attendant in public worship.
- Roman Catholic Church.
- a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders.
- any attendant, assistant, or follower.
acolyte
/ ˈækəˌlaɪt /
noun
- a follower or attendant
- Christianity an officer who attends or assists a priest
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Example Sentences
Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”
Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.
One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.
Yee was, as Brown writes, a Brown acolyte at one point, representing a district of middle class single-family homeowners.
Then, like a true BuzzFeeder acolyte, he added: “This story will blow over as soon as the Kardashians have a new kid.”
He was an acolyte sent forth with bowl and staff to beg for aid in certain temple repairs.
That the acolyte in Claude's case took the form of Louis Gentilis made him no more welcome.
The parish priest sat with his acolyte, who held a crucifix before his eyes so that his thoughts might not wander.
So from this you can see how nobly that young acolyte was provided with all that beseemed his future greatness.
After sermon the preacher returns to the altar, when a fourth functionary appears, whom we suppose must be termed an acolyte.
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