Definitions for acolytes

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acolytes ac·o·lyte

Spelling: [ak-uh-lahyt]

IPA: /ˈæk əˌlaɪt/

Acolytes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 429 anagrams from letters in acolytes (acelosty).

Definitions for acolytes

noun

1. an altar attendant in public worship.
2. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2), ostiary (def 1).
3. any attendant, assistant, or follower.
4. an altar attendant in public worship.
5. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the highest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2), ostiary (def 1).
6. any attendant, assistant, or follower.

Origin of acolytes

1275-1325; Middle English acolite Medieval Latin acolytus Greek akólouthos follower, attendant, equivalent to a- prefix denoting association + -kolouthos, variant of kéleuthos road, journey

Examples for acolytes

An acolyte does well not to express his emotions too clearly.

If you weren't an acolyte, I'd take a poke at you just to see you bounce.

Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.

Truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well.

"The only Kano, the only Kano," mused the acolyte over his tea.

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

In the meantime, he serves as an acolyte at Grace Episcopal Church, and has had the honor of carrying the cross.

Yee was, as Brown writes, a Brown acolyte at one point, representing a district of middle class single-family homeowners.

I was to wear the red gown and the white cape of an acolyte!

As an acolyte, after all, he rated just barely above a layman; he had no powers whatever.

In the meantime, he serves as an acolyte at Grace Episcopal Church, and has had the honor of carrying the cross.

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

As an acolyte, after all, he rated just barely above a layman; he had no powers whatever.

If you weren't an acolyte, I'd take a poke at you just to see you bounce.

Truthiness is as truthiness does, and clearly: acolyte Oren does truthiness very, very well.

An acolyte does well not to express his emotions too clearly.

Yee was, as Brown writes, a Brown acolyte at one point, representing a district of middle class single-family homeowners.

Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.

"The only Kano, the only Kano," mused the acolyte over his tea.

I was to wear the red gown and the white cape of an acolyte!