Found 2 items, similar to Acolyte.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: acolyte acolyte n : 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
English → English (gcide) Definition: Acolyte 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]