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acolyte

aco·lyte

UK/ˈæk.ə.laɪt/ US/ˈæk.ə.laɪt/ uncommon

noun

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

Origin

From Middle English acolite, acolit, from Old French acolyt and Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).

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