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Definition: Acolyte |
AcolyteNoun1. One who assists a minister in a liturgical service. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "acolyte" was first used: sometime around 1300. (references) |
Etymology: Acolyte \Ac`o*lyte\, noun. [from Late Latin expression acolythus, acoluthus, Greek following, attending: compare to the French expression acolyte.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Computing | Acolyte n. obs. [TMRC] An OSU privileged enough to submit data and programs to a member of the priesthood. Source: Jargon File. |
Literature | Acolyte (3 syl.) A subordinate officer in the Catholic Church, whose duty is to light the lamps, prepare the sacred elements, attend the officiating priests, etc. (Greek, a follower.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Churchwarden, sidesman; clerk, precentor, choir; almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy; chorister. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Acolyte |
| English words defined with "acolyte": Acolyth, Acolythist, altar boy ♦ thurifer. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Acolyte" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (acolyte, henchman). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | An acolyte, full-length portrait, standing, facing front, at the washing of the feet ceremony.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Acolyte" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Acolyte" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acolyte | 45 |
acolyte angel | 9 |
acolyte online ragnarok | 6 |
acolyte guide online ragnarok | 5 |
acolyte ragnarok | 5 |
acolyte guide ragnarok | 4 |
acolyte evolution man x | 3 |
acolyte skin | 3 |
acolyte magneto | 3 |
acolyte robe | 3 |
acolyte agency protection | 2 |
acolyte press | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "acolyte"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | altaardienaar, akoliet, adep (adept, adherent), lid (limb, member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | anëtar (adherent, apostle, cardholder, confederate, entrant, member, puisne, supporter), ndihmës (accessary, accessory, adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutant, coadjutor, first mate, gillie, help, helper, henchman, mate, paramedical, second, secondary, servo, sidekick, subsidiary, tutor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مساعد للكاهن, قندلفت (sexton, verger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | църковен прислужник, новак (apprentice, catechumen, cub, fresher, freshman, greener, infant, mug, neophyte, novice, tiro, tyro, youngster), псалт (chanter), последовател (adherent, child, disciple, follower, henchman, pursuivant, votary), помощник (adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, confederate, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary), дякон (deacon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 辅祭. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ministrant. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | medlem (associate, limb, member, partner, subscriber, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | altaardienaar, acoliet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | akolito. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | viðhaldsfólk (adept, adherent), limur (limb, member, supporter), felagi (buddy, companion, comrade, member, pal, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | معاون یاکمک , ماه (Month, Moon, Satellite), ستاره ء تابع ستاره ء دیگری , دستیارکشیش . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | jäsen (joint, limb, member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acolyte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanhinger (adept, adherent, member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Messgehilfe, Meßdiener, Akoluth. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βοηθόσ ιερέα (curate), ακόλουθοσ ιερέωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hawaiian | anëtar (member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | oltárszolga. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | stuðningsmaður (adept, adherent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | membro (extremity, fellow, insider, limb, member, supporter), chierico (cleric), accolito (henchman). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 侍祭 , 侍僧 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じそう (aspect, children, phase, phenomenon, tense), じさい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 복사 (replica). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | guilley erin (mass server). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Papiamen | miembro (limb, member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | acolyteay acólito (accompanist, companian). (various references) acolit (myrmidon), slujitor (footman, manservant, minister, ministrant, servitor), pãrtaş (accomplice, adept, limb, retainer), complice (abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, party). (various references) служитель (attender, scout, warden), прислужник (flunky, myrmidon). (various references) sveštenikov pomoćnik, odan sledbenik. (various references) partidario (addict, adept, adherent, advocate, backer, believer, devotee, follower, guerrilla, hard liner, member, partisan, retainer, sharecropper, supporter, supremacist, sympathizer, well wisher), acólito (satellite). (various references) korgosse (altar boy, altar-boy, choirboy, chorister), följeslagare (attendant, companion, follower, shadow). (various references) aza (limb, member, supporter), yardımcı (accessary, accessory, adjunct, aid, aide, ancillary, assistant, auxiliary, Band aid, booster, coadjutor, collateral, contributory, cooperative, deputy, donkey, friend, help, helper, helpful, helpmate, helpmeet, henchman, lieutenant, obliging, second, sidekick, stand by, sub, subsidiary, suffragan, supporter, supporting, vice-), rahip yardımcısı (server). (various references) псаломщик (psalmist), прислужник (attendant, myrmidon), послідовник (adherent, disciple, follower, pupil, sectary, son), помічник (adjunct, adjutant, adjuvant, aid, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, contributor, help, helper, helpmate, second, secondary, seconder, subsidiary, tender). (various references) thầy tăng người theo hầu, thầy dòng. (various references) lilunga (member, supporter), ilunga (member, supporter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | akolouthos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "acolyte": acolytes. (additional references) | |
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"Acolyte" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: accolite, Accolta, accolyt, accolyte, acolate, acolite, alcolyte, anolyte, Ayclife, Colyte, ecolyte, scolytid. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "acolyte" (pronounced a"kulī't) |
| 5 | -k u l ī' t | niccolite. |
| 4 | -u l ī' t | cryolite, impolite, lazulite, satellite, socialite. |
| 3 | -l ī' t | backlight, candlelight, daylight, flashlight, floodlight, headlight, highlight, inflight, limelight, moonlight, overflight, searchlight, skylight, spotlight, starlight, stoplight, sunlight, twilight. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-o-t-y" | |
-1 letter: acetyl, locate. | |
-2 letters: cleat, coaly, eclat, lacey, lycea, octal, octyl. | |
-3 letters: acyl, alec, aloe, alto, calo, cate, celt, clay, clot, cloy, coal, coat, cola, cole, colt, coly, cote, lace, lacy, late, loca, lota, olea, tace, taco, tael, talc, tale, teal, tela, toea, tola, tole. | |
-4 letters: ace, act, ale, alt, ate, aye, cat, cay, cel, col, cot, coy, eat, eta, lac, lat, lay, lea, let, ley, lot, lye, oat, oca, ole, tae, tao, tea, tel, toe, toy, tye, yea, yet. | |
-5 letters: ae, al, at, ay, el, et, la, lo, oe, oy, ta, to, ya, ye, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-o-t-y" | |
+1 letter: acetoxyl, acolytes, calotype. | |
+2 letters: acetoxyls, calotypes, coevality, cognately, connately, cordately, wyliecoat. | |
+3 letters: autecology, chocolatey, clearstory, coequality, covalently, erotically, escalatory, eucalyptol, exotically, inchoately, lectionary, melanocyte, noticeably, poetically, polychaete, societally, vocatively, wyliecoats. | |
+4 letters: acetylation, acropetally, amylopectin, anecdotally, anticyclone, autocephaly, calefactory, calorimetry, carboxylate, celebratory, cleistogamy, colinearity, combatively, conjugately, corporately, counterplay, cutaneously, cytomegalic, declamatory, declaratory, ectopically, ejaculatory, electorally, eschatology, eucalyptole, eucalyptols, evocatively, exclamatory, exculpatory, explicatory, facetiously, factorylike, genotypical, glycosylate, granulocyte, hypocentral, lycanthrope, maledictory, meiotically, melanocytes, metonymical, myelopathic, polychaetes, pterodactyl, sectionally, tenaciously, tonetically, valedictory, vectorially, viceroyalty. | |
+5 letters: acetylations, adolescently, agranulocyte, amylopectins, anticyclones, autoeciously, bacteriology, carboxylated, carboxylates, cephalometry, chalcopyrite, collaterally, collegiality, collegiately, collinearity, complacently, conceptually, congeniality, congenitally, consummately, contextually, conventually, coordinately, corporeality, cosmetically, cotyledonary, counterplays, counterrally, cytochemical, cytoskeletal, decoratively, despotically, dialectology, domestically, egoistically, elocutionary, entropically, equivocality, esoterically, etymological, eucalyptoles, exoterically, glycosylated, glycosylates, granulocytes, hypothetical, inchoatively, laryngectomy, lycanthropes, meteorically, methodically, myeloblastic, neurotically, occidentally, octahedrally, octosyllable, opalescently, operatically, orchestrally, oxyacetylene, phenotypical, phonetically, pinealectomy, polycythemia, proteoglycan, pterodactyls, pyrocatechol, refractorily, rhetorically, sacerdotally, tectonically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 63 6F 6C 79 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -.-. --- .-.. -.--. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100011 01101111 01101100 01111001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A c o l y t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0063 006F 006C 0079 0074 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35698178918671 |
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