acolyte
1acolyte — [ akɔlit ] n. m. • XIIe; lat. ecclés. acolythus, gr. akolouthos « suivant, serviteur » 1 ♦ Relig. cathol. (av. 1972) Clerc élevé à l acolytat, dont l office est de servir à l autel. ⇒ servant. 2 ♦ (XVIIe) Fig. Surtout péj. Compagnon, complice qu… …
2Acolyte — • A cleric promoted to the fourth and highest minor order in the Latin Church, ranking next to a subdeacon Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Acolyte Acolyte …
3Acolyte — 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… …
4acolyte — ACOLYTE. s. m. Clerc promeu à l un des quatre Mineurs, dont l office est de porter les cierges, preparer le feu, l encensoir, le vin & l eau, & de servir le Prestre, le Diacre, le Sousdiacre. Faire les fonctions d Acolyte à une grande Messe …
5acolyte — index coactor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6acolyte — (n.) early 14c., inferior officer in the church, from O.Fr. acolite or directly from M.L. acolytus (L.L. acoluthos), from Gk. akolouthos following, attending on, lit. having one way, from a together with, copulative prefix, + keleuthose a way,… …
7acolyte — [n] attendant, usually in a church aid, assistant, follower, helper; concept 361 …
8acolyte — Acolyte, Acolytus, {{t=g}}akôlutos,{{/t}} qui ipse quidem non peragit mysteria, sed non excluditur cum caeteris, quod ignem aut simile quid ad sacra affert: quasi dicas, non prohibitus, hoc est admissus, ab {{t=g}}a{{/t}} et {{t=g}}kalua{{/t}}… …
9acolyte — ► NOUN 1) an assistant or follower. 2) a person assisting a priest in a religious service. ORIGIN Latin acolytus, from Greek akolouthos follower …
10acolyte — [ak′ə līt΄] n. [ME acolit < ML acolytus < Gr akolouthos, follower < a , copulative + keleuthos, a way] 1. in some Christian churches a) one of the four MINOR ORDERS, the special function of which is to serve at the Eucharist b) any… …
