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Noun
/ˈakəˌlīt/,
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acolytes, plural;
  1. A person assisting the celebrant in a religious service or procession

  2. An assistant or follower

  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
  2. In many Christian denominations, an acolyte is anyone who performs ceremonial duties such as lighting altar candles. In other Christian Churches, the term is more specifically used for one who wishes to attain clergyhood.
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  6. (Acolytes (film)) Acolytes is a 2008 Australian horror and thriller film about three teenagers and their sudden involvement with murder and violence over the course of a dangerous week. ...
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  8. (Acolytes) Laypersons (usually young people aged 10-18) who assist in a variety of ways in worship processions and at the altar along with clergy and eucharistic ministers.
  9. (Acolytes) An assistant to a clergy.
  10. (Acolytes) Ones who assist in the celebration (i.e., carrying candles, holding the Pope’s staff, miter, etc.).
  11. The follower of a priest; a person assisting the priest in church ceremonies or services. In the early Church, the acolytes were adults; today, however, his duties are performed by children (altar boys).
  12. A term specifically applied to one who carries a torch or a candle in processions and at other times during the liturgy. This term is also commonly interchanged with server. Originally a minor clerical order but now usually a lay function in the church.
  13. originally a minor clerical order but now usually a lay function in the church; the acolyte assists the priest, lights and carries candles, and performs other ceremonial functions.
  14. From a Greek word meaning, "to follow." Acolytes are lay volunteers who follow the Cross in the procession and recession and assist the priest in worship. An acolyte lights and sometimes carries candles, and helps in the preparation of communion.
  15. (n) - follower, trainee; assistant to a priest
  16. (Greek akolouthos ; Latin sequens, comes , a follower, an attendant). ...
  17. Person who assists the priest at service.
  18. a lay person who carries the torch into and out of the church and at the reading of the Gospel.  Often, acolytes are children or youth.
  19. An acolyte is a lay person, often a child or a teenager, who performs minor duties during the worship service to assist the ministers, such as lighting candles, carrying books, directing traffic during communion, and so forth. Acolyte comes from a Greek word for follower.
  20. The acolyte is the highest of the minor orders of the ministry, usually responsible for candles and assisting in preparations at the altar for a mass.
  21. (From a Greek word for "follower") A layperson who performs minor duties during a religious service.
  22. A liturgical minister appointed to assist at liturgical celebrations. Priests and deacons receive this ministry before they are ordained. Lay men may be installed permanently in the ministry of acolyte through a rite of institution and blessing.
  23. A person who assists the deacon, particularly, and more generally the priest or bishop, in the mechanical details of worship, e.g., carrying a cross or a candle in a procession. ...
  24. goes back to the Greek root akolouthos, meaning "follower," and it came into English in the 14th century. While an acolyte often serves in an earned and admired role within a religious ceremony, a second definition is "fan. ...
  25. The rules refer to any character choosing from the Acolyte table as an Acolyte regardless of the race of that character or the style in which they are played. A sneaky, dagger wielding elf is still considered an Acolyte for guild membership etc. ...