Acolyte

Word ACOLYTE
Character 7
Hyphenation ac o lyte
Pronunciations /ˈæ.kə.laɪt/

Definitions and meanings of "Acolyte"

What do we mean by acolyte?

A person who assists the celebrant in the performance of liturgical rites. noun

A devoted follower or attendant. noun

One who waits on a person; an attendant; an assistant. noun

In the Roman Catholic Church, one ordained to the fourth and highest of the minor orders, ranking immediately below the subdeacon. See orders. noun

In astronomy, an attendant or accompanying star or other heavenly body; a satellite. noun

Sometimes written acolyth, and formerly also acholithite, acolythe, acolythist, acolothist. noun

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. noun

One who attends; an assistant. noun

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. noun

An attendant, assistant or follower. noun

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 noun

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.

An altar server.

An attendant, assistant or follower.

A religious apprentice training for higher religious duty. Urban Dictionary

A blasphemous servant of the Necrowizard. Works against the unacolytes of the Unnecrowizard and usually succeeds, considering the superior frost-power of the Necrowizard. Urban Dictionary

A follower of the path of light, clarity is said to be achieved through the assistance of one such fellow, who guards the flame and tends the glass. Never straying from the path. Urban Dictionary

Attribute used to describe an impotent young male, usually with an addiction for video games. Urban Dictionary

A supporter of McCarthyism. Inparticular restraints on certain forms of free speech that don't endorse a Hard Conservative view point of the world. Person who uses conspiracy theories, guilt by association, and other smear attacks to damaged the reputation of Professors and other people that's work uses Critical Thinking to analyze Political and Social views. McCarthy Acolytes tend to abuse the power of Government to suppress political and social view points that they don't like. They Tend to easily confuse Nationalism with Patriotism. McCarthy Acolytes tend to be Pro-Censorship, Anti-Freedom, Against Voters Rights, Open persecution of dissenting views, For the invasion of privacy to inforce social morals Urban Dictionary

A minister who can act as Subdeacon without being properly ordained. This was combined with the minstry of Acolyte from Paul VI "minsteria quædam" and the Subdiocante role. These are mostly found in the Personal Ordinariate or some FSSP/ICKSP parishes. Urban Dictionary

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The word "acolyte" in example sentences

It was Craig himself who introduced the term acolyte to The Twelve Detectives as a way to refer to their assistants. ❋ Unknown (2008)

But you will find yourself summarily booted O-U-T of the DD club if you do that, since no actual scientist or sciency-acolyte is allowed to belong to both per this debate about telic design in life. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Police can only assume an acolyte is at large, a maniac basing his attacks on the twisted medical techniques of the madman he so admires. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Warren is most definitely not a [Robert] Rubin acolyte. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

For America's most famous libertarian, an Ayn Rand acolyte, that is more than troubling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But look more closely and it is clear that change is afoot in this mineral-rich former Soviet acolyte which is on the cusp of a mining boom that has led investors to describe Mongolia as the "Kuwait of Central Asia". ❋ The Telegraph (2010)

"I did; but when I found the priest would not assist me at first, and admit that the acolyte was a girl, I preferred to let him think I was deceived in giving a fortune to another, and leave it to his own conscience to permit it or frustrate it. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

Maybe we could get him to add an 'acolyte' to the group from his local chapter. " ❋ Sanderson_Brandon (2006)

The priest ascends the altar and kisses it, while the deacon passes the reed to an acolyte. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Greenspan, meanwhile, was so shaken that he recanted his belief in the rational market, quite something from an Ayn Rand acolyte. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A few steps after entering, an acolyte goes back to the blessed fire, lights a taper from it, returns to the deacon, and lights one of the three candles on the reed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shortly thereafter, having sung about the column, and the fire upon it that burns “unto the honor of God”, he stops again, receives the reed from the acolyte, and with one of the three candles, lights the Paschal candle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The deacon ascends to the altar with the burse in hand, and extends the corporal; at the same time, an acolyte places the Missal on the Gospel side, with a purification vessel and purificator for the purification of the priest's fingers after Communion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And in the perverse chamber of horrors occupied by this season's mysterious Big Bads Edward James Olmos and acolyte Colin Hanks, a new victim is being prepped for a truly ghastly public display. ❋ Unknown (2011)

All enter the church in procession, first the thurifer, and an acolyte who carries the five grains of incense on a plate, then the subdeacon with the Cross, the acolytes, the attending clergy, the deacon, carrying the reed, and the priest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Instead, the Paschal candle itself, which is outside the church on a credence, is presented to the priest by an acolyte. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After the warning bell the first acolyte puts incense into the thurible. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Orat., carried the Blessed Sacrament down St Giles ', and he was assisted by a deacon, Br David Rocks OP, and an acolyte in a tunicle, Br Robert Gay OP. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first acolyte rings the bell at the Sanctus; once when the priest spreads his hands over the oblata, and three times at each elevation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The first acolyte comes to them with the altar missal and kneels down, holding it open before them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

[Raymond] became an acolyte for [the church]. ❋ Nicolai (2004)

Attack, acolytes! The acolytes [gathered] in order to satanically [praise] the [Necrowizard]. ❋ Grimlord (2004)

Micheal gin done got me whackered [on the bitch]... Fucking acolytes ... the undying flame of [olympus] brings on yet another night to day. Jib Monkey [4 Ever]!!! ❋ Marvin X (2004)

[I feel sorry] for him, [poor] [little] Acolyte ❋ Tio ;) (2003)

[Bill O'Reilly], [Sean Hannity], Michelle [Malkin], and Ann Coulter just to name a few are good examples of a McCarthy Acolyte. ❋ Truth Shall Set You Free (2008)

Yesterday, I became an Instituted Acolyte [Altar boy]: I want to be Instituted Acolyte [MC]: [Your too young] kid. Maybe sometime in the future. ❋ Skyrim550 (2022)

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