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acolyte

Assistant to a bishop or priest, who ministers in the Christian sanctuary, lighting candles, serving Mass, carrying lights, and so on. Originally acolytes formed a minor order.


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He was a priest, austere, grave, morose; one charged with souls; monsieur the archdeacon of Josas, the bishop's second acolyte, having charge of the two deaneries of Montlhéry, and Châteaufort, and one hundred and seventy-four country curacies.
'It's in a good hand, gossip,' said the other; 'if the abbot sings well, the acolyte is not much behind him.
Waldron in particular, but that you may not lose your sense of proportion and mistake the acolyte for the high priest.
 
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