Acolyte
noun
A person who assists in some religious duties or services.
In the mass, the priest was assisted by an acolyte.
Often appears as...
- church acolyte
- acolyte duties
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A person who strongly admires and follows a leader or idea.
He became an acolyte of the revolutionary thinker, spreading his ideas wherever he went.
Often appears as...
- political acolyte
- acolyte of a leader
noun
A person who assists in some religious duties or services.
In the mass, the priest was assisted by an acolyte.
Often appears as...
- church acolyte
- acolyte duties
Usage tips
Religious
noun
A person who strongly admires and follows a leader or idea.
He became an acolyte of the revolutionary thinker, spreading his ideas wherever he went.
Often appears as...
- political acolyte
- acolyte of a leader
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Role
Acolyte is primarily used in religious settings to describe someone assisting with ceremonies.
The bishop's acolyte carried the cross ahead of him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clergy
An acolyte isn't a member of the clergy but has specific duties during worship.
She was proud to be an acolyte, though not yet ready to commit to becoming a nun.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Traditionally, acolytes are often younger members of a religious community.
The church's youngest acolyte was only twelve, learning to serve at the altar.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Role
Acolyte is primarily used in religious settings to describe someone assisting with ceremonies.
The bishop's acolyte carried the cross ahead of him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clergy
An acolyte isn't a member of the clergy but has specific duties during worship.
She was proud to be an acolyte, though not yet ready to commit to becoming a nun.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Traditionally, acolytes are often younger members of a religious community.
The church's youngest acolyte was only twelve, learning to serve at the altar.
Pro Tip 1/3Religious Role
Acolyte is primarily used in religious settings to describe someone assisting with ceremonies.
The bishop's acolyte carried the cross ahead of him.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Clergy
An acolyte isn't a member of the clergy but has specific duties during worship.
She was proud to be an acolyte, though not yet ready to commit to becoming a nun.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Traditionally, acolytes are often younger members of a religious community.
The church's youngest acolyte was only twelve, learning to serve at the altar.
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Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
To this day, they remain ruled by a ritual priesthood but the training for the priesthood is rather extraordinary. The young acolytes are taken away from their families at the age of three and four, sequestered in a shadowy world of darkness in stone huts at the base of glaciers for 18
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Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
definitely an acolyte so well done Lindsay and keep it up as we go along but you can see just in the area where we are at the moment very very brown very dry looking everything is grey brown the grass is all lying over on itself and the trees all pretty much
Video examples
Wade Davis: Cultures at...
To this day, they remain ruled by a ritual priesthood but the training for the priesthood is rather extraordinary. The young acolytes are taken away from their families at the age of three and four, sequestered in a shadowy world of darkness in stone huts at the base of glaciers for 18
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 194 PIPE...
definitely an acolyte so well done Lindsay and keep it up as we go along but you can see just in the area where we are at the moment very very brown very dry looking everything is grey brown the grass is all lying over on itself and the trees all pretty much
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.
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Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.
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Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as much independent thinking on the left, where President Obama is rarely criticized by his acolytes.
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Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus.
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Dan Bongino
American Educator
If you're an American voter, you should be absolutely disgusted right now by people like Bernie Sanders, a fraud and limousine liberal, and his new acolyte, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others, too.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.
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Barbara Kruger
American Artist
Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
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John Fahey
American Musician
From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.
Quote examples
Martha Nussbaum
American Philosopher
Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.
Quote examples
Pat Conroy
American Writer
Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.
Quote examples
Peter O'Toole
Irish Actor
A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.
Quote examples
Bill O'Reilly
American Journalist
Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as much independent thinking on the left, where President Obama is rarely criticized by his acolytes.
Quote examples
Stephen Rodrick
American Journalist
Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus.
Quote examples
Dan Bongino
American Educator
If you're an American voter, you should be absolutely disgusted right now by people like Bernie Sanders, a fraud and limousine liberal, and his new acolyte, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others, too.
Quote examples
Gary Hamel
American Businessman
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.
Quote examples
Barbara Kruger
American Artist
Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.
Quote examples
John Fahey
American Musician
From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.
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