Acolyte - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈækəlaɪt|  American pronunciation of the word acolyte
Brit.  |ˈækəlæɪt|  British pronunciation of the word acolyte

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

Extra examples

...a highly influential economist whose acolytes can be found at many major universities...

Two acolytes carried the candlesticks.

It was the function of the acolyte to look after sleeping infants.

Word forms

noun
singular: acolyte
plural: acolytes
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