Acolyte synonyms and antonyms

ăk'ə-līt'

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follower (related)
One who is a part of master's physical group, such as a servant or retainer.
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leader (antonym)
The definition of a leader is a person, animal or thing that guides or directs.
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aide
The definition of an aide is a person who does certain things for another person that makes that person's job easier or more efficient.
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helper
One who helps; an aide.
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attendant
A person present
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novice
(Religion) A new member of a religious order accepted on a conditional basis, prior to confirmation. [from 14th c.]
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anagnost
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verger
(UK) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.
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assistant (related)
Assistant means anything that helps something else.
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altar-boy
A young man, adhering to traditional values.
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devotee
A person extremely devoted to religion; zealot
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master (antonym)
A master's degree; a type of postgraduate degree, usually undertaken after a bachelor degree.
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capitular
(Botany, anatomy) Pertaining to a capitulum.
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almoner
One who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
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beadle
A parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order
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bedral
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coadjutress
A female coadjutor or assistant.
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coadjutrix
A female coadjutor
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diaconus
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elderman
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ostiarius
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sacrist
A person retained in a cathedral to copy out music for the choir and take care of the books.
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sexton
An employee or officer of a church who is responsible for the care and upkeep of church property and sometimes for ringing bells and digging graves.
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sideman
(Music) A soloist playing with a band or group of which he is not a regular member
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sidesman
An assistant to a churchwarden, one of whose duties is to collect offerings during a service.
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subdeacon
(Historical, R.C.Ch.) A cleric ranking just below a deacon
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subdiaconus
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succentor
A person who sings the responses to a precentor in a cathedral
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suisse
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thurifer
An acolyte or server who carries a thurible
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vergeress
A female verger.
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minion (related)
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tormentor (related)
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Find another word for acolyte. In this page you can discover 33 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for acolyte, like: follower, leader, aide, helper, attendant, novice, , verger, assistant, altar-boy and devotee.
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Acolyte Sentence Examples

  • When the pope rode in procession to the station an acolyte, on foot, preceded him, bearing the holy chrism; and at the church seven regionary acolytes with candles went before him in the procession to the altar, while two others, bearing the vessel that contained a pre-consecrated Host, presented it for his adoration.

  • This office of bearing the sacrament is an ancient one, and is mentioned in the legend of Tarcisius, the Roman acolyte, who was martyred on the Appian Way while carrying the Hosts from the catacombs.

  • He was then, at Sarum, censed by the deacon, and an acolyte censed the choir; at Bangor the Sinistrum Cornu of the altar and the relics were censed instead.

  • During the mass an acolyte bore the thurible (Ordo VI.) and three assisted at the washing of the hands.

  • The official dress of the acolyte, according to Ordo V., was a close-fitting linen garment (camisia) girt about him, a napkin hanging from the left side, a white tunic, a stole (orarium) and a chasuble (planeta) which he took off when he sang on the steps of the ambone.

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