Acolyte Definition

ăkə-līt
acolytes
noun
A person who assists the celebrant in the performance of liturgical rites.
American Heritage
In some Christian churches.
Webster's New World
A devoted follower or attendant.
American Heritage
An attendant; follower; helper.
Webster's New World

(ecclesiastical) 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.

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Noun

Singular:
acolyte
Plural:
acolytes

Origin of Acolyte

  • From Late Latin acolythus, acoluthus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akolouthos, “follower, attendant”), from ἀ (a) (copulative prefix) + κόλουθος (kolouthos, “track, path, road, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *qeleu (see also Lithuanian kelias (“way”). Compare French acolyte

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English acolit from Old French from Medieval Latin acolytus from Greek akolouthos attendant anacoluthon

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Acolyte Sentence Examples

  • When the pope rode in procession to the station an acolyte, on foot, preceded him, bearing the holy chrism; and at the church seven regionary acolytes with candles went before him in the procession to the altar, while two others, bearing the vessel that contained a pre-consecrated Host, presented it for his adoration.

  • He was then, at Sarum, censed by the deacon, and an acolyte censed the choir; at Bangor the Sinistrum Cornu of the altar and the relics were censed instead.

  • During the mass an acolyte bore the thurible (Ordo VI.) and three assisted at the washing of the hands.

  • This office of bearing the sacrament is an ancient one, and is mentioned in the legend of Tarcisius, the Roman acolyte, who was martyred on the Appian Way while carrying the Hosts from the catacombs.

  • The official dress of the acolyte, according to Ordo V., was a close-fitting linen garment (camisia) girt about him, a napkin hanging from the left side, a white tunic, a stole (orarium) and a chasuble (planeta) which he took off when he sang on the steps of the ambone.

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