acolyte

Definitions of acolyte
  1. noun
    someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
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    types:
    enfant de choeur
    a boy serving as an acolyte
    type of:
    clerc, ecclésiastique, pasteur
    a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church
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