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acolyte

/'ækə,laɪt/

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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
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man of the cloth clergyman holy order order reverend

Definition that contains acolyte

thurifer an acolyte who carries a thurible
altar boy a boy serving as an acolyte