'acolyte' definitions:
Definition of 'acolyte'
(from WordNet)
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
Synonyms of 'acolyte'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acolytus,
- adjutant,
- agent,
- aid,
- aide,
- aide-de-camp,
- aider,
- almoner,
- anagnost,
- assistant,
- attendant,
- auxiliary,
- beadle,
- bedral,
- best man,
- Bible clerk,
- Bible reader,
- capitular,
- capitulary,
- choir chaplain,
- churchwarden,
- clerk,
- coadjutant,
- coadjutor,
- coadjutress,
- coadjutrix,
- deacon,
- deaconess,
- deputy,
- diaconus,
- doorkeeper,
- elder,
- elderman,
- executive officer,
- exorcist,
- exorcista,
- help,
- helper,
- helpmate,
- helpmeet,
- holy orders,
- lay elder,
- lay reader,
- lector,
- lecturer,
- lieutenant,
- major orders,
- minor orders,
- ostiarius,
- paranymph,
- paraprofessional,
- parish clerk,
- precentor,
- presbyter,
- priest,
- reader,
- ruling elder,
- sacrist,
- sacristan,
- second,
- servant,
- sexton,
- shames,
- sideman,
- sidesman,
- subdeacon,
- subdiaconus,
- succentor,
- suisse,
- supporting actor,
- supporting instrumentalist,
- teaching elder,
- thurifer,
- verger,
- vergeress