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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Acolyte

/ăk'-əl-ītˌ/ · Ac·o·lyte · IPA /ˈæk.ə.laɪt/
01 n. One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights…
  1. 1.
    One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.(Eccl.)
  2. 2.
    One who attends; an assistant.