"acolyte" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæ.kə.laɪt/ Audio: en-us-acolyte.ogg Forms: acolytes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English acolite, acolit, from Old French acolyt and Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|acolite}} Middle English acolite, {{der|en|fro|acolyt}} Old French acolyt, {{der|en|LL.|acolythus}} Late Latin acolythus, {{der|en|grc|ἀκόλουθος|t=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), acoliet [masculine] (Dutch), 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 41 Topics: Christianity Disambiguation of 'Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass': 90 7 3
  2. (Christianity) An altar server. Categories (topical): Christianity
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  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-CSvt5jML Disambiguation of 'assistant': 11 11 78 Disambiguation of 'in general: assistant': 19 11 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acolytate, acolyteship, Macolyte

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "acolythus"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin acolythus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀκόλουθος",
        "t": "follower, attendant"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English acolite, acolit, from Old French acolyt and Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos, “follower, attendant”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "acolytes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "acolyte (plural acolytes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "Catholic Church",
          "Catholic Church"
        ],
        [
          "ordained",
          "ordained"
        ],
        [
          "wine",
          "wine"
        ],
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "lights",
          "lights"
        ],
        [
          "Mass",
          "Mass"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Christianity"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An altar server."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "altar server",
          "altar server"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) An altar server."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An attendant, assistant, or follower."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attendant",
          "attendant"
        ],
        [
          "assistant",
          "assistant"
        ],
        [
          "follower",
          "follower"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæ.kə.laɪt/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-acolyte.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/En-us-acolyte.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "assistant",
      "word": "sidekick"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acòlit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acoliet"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "akolito"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "akolyytti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "acolyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Akolyth"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "akólouthos",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ακόλουθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "akolitus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "acolyto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acalaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "túiseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "accolito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "akolita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akolitka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acólito"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acólito"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "monasilyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "munisilyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass",
      "word": "rahip yardımcısı"
    },
    {
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "helper"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "apulainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "avustaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "word": "apuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acolyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gehilfe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "voïthós",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "βοηθός"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pómošnik",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "по́мошник"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assistent"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "akolita"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "akolitka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "acólito"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "assistente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ajudante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in general: assistant",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ayudante"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "acolyte"
  ],
  "word": "acolyte"
}

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