Result from Foreign Dictionaries (4 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Acolyte \Ac`o*lyte\, n. [LL. acolythus, acoluthus, Gr. ?
following, attending: cf. F. acolyte.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Eccl.) One who has received the highest of the four minor
orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the
wine and water and the lights at the Mass.
[1913 Webster]
2. One who attends; an assistant. "With such chiefs, and with
James and John as acolytes." --Motley.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
altar boy \al"tar boy\, n.
a boy who assists a priest at the clebration of the Holy Mass
and other forms of public worship; -- also called {acolyte}.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
acolyte
n 1: 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
From French-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.4 [fd-fra-eng]:
acolyte /akolit/
acolyte
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