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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈæ.kə.laɪt/ Audio: en-us-acolyte.ogg [US] Forms: acolytes [plural]
Etymology: Late Middle English, from Old French acolyt and Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{der|en|fro|acolyt}} Old French acolyt, {{der|en|LL.|acolythus}} Late Latin acolythus, {{der|en|grc|ἀκόλουθος||follower, attendant}} Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} acolyte (plural acolytes)
  1. (Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass. Categories (topical): Christianity, People Translations (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass): acòlit [masculine] (Catalan), akolito (Esperanto), akolyytti (Finnish), acolyte (French), Akolyth [masculine] (German), ακόλουθος (akólouthos) [masculine] (Greek), akolitus (Hungarian), acolyto (Interlingua), acalaí [masculine] (Irish), túiseoir [masculine] (Irish), accolito [masculine] (Italian), akolita [masculine] (Polish), akolitka [feminine] (Polish), acólito [masculine] (Portuguese), acólito [masculine] (Spanish), monasilyo (Tagalog), munisilyo (Tagalog), rahip yardımcısı (Turkish), chú giúp lễ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-acolyte-en-noun-r-jDcdnZ Disambiguation of People: 54 4 42 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass': 91 7 3
  2. (Christianity) An altar server. Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-acolyte-en-noun-sG29aXxD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 65 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 72 3 Topics: Christianity
  3. An attendant, assistant or follower. Synonyms (assistant): sidekick Translations (in general: assistant): helper (Dutch), apulainen (Finnish), avustaja (Finnish), apuri (Finnish), acolyte [feminine, masculine] (French), Gehilfe [masculine] (German), βοηθός (voïthós) [masculine] (Greek), по́мошник (pómošnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), assistent [masculine] (Norwegian), akolita [masculine] (Polish), akolitka [feminine] (Polish), acólito [masculine] (Portuguese), assistente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ajudante [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ayudante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-acolyte-en-noun-8mijWBGt Disambiguation of 'assistant': 14 9 77 Disambiguation of 'in general: assistant': 24 9 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acolytate, acolyteship, Macolyte

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.kɔ.lit/ Audio: Fr-acolyte.ogg Forms: acolytes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French acolyt, from Ecclesiastical Latin acolytus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|acolyt|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French acolyt, {{inh+|fr|fro|acolyt}} Inherited from Old French acolyt, {{der|fr|la-ecc|acolytus}} Ecclesiastical Latin acolytus, {{der|fr|grc|ἀκόλουθος||follower, attendant}} Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} acolyte m (plural acolytes)
  1. (religion) acolyte Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Religion
    Sense id: en-acolyte-fr-noun-ecCIxVxD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Topics: lifestyle, religion
  2. henchman, sidekick Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-acolyte-fr-noun-aX4CAKbF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: acolythe [obsolete]

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      "word": "akolito"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
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      "word": "Akolyth"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "akolitus"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "acolyto"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "acalaí"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
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      "word": "túiseoir"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "accolito"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
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      "word": "akolita"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "akolitka"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acólito"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "acólito"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "monasilyo"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "munisilyo"
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      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "rahip yardımcısı"
    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "chú giúp lễ"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "helper"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "apulainen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "avustaja"
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      "code": "de",
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        "masculine"
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