Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - acolyte
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Acolyte
acolyte
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, acolit, from Medieval Latin acoluthus, from Middle Greek akolouthos, from Greek, adjective, following, from a-, ha- together (akin to Greek homos same) + keleuthos path Date: 14th century 1. one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties 2. one who attends or assists ; follower
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n. 1 a person assisting a priest in a service or procession. 2 an assistant; a beginner. Etymology: ME f. OF acolyt or eccl.L acolytus f. Gk akolouthos follower ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мальчик-прислужник в алтаре 2. дьякон у католиков; псаломщик 3. помощник; правая рука his admiring acolytes —- его восторженные приспешники 4. астр. сателлит ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
(acolytes) An acolyte is a follower or assistant of an important person. (FORMAL) To his acolytes, he is known simply as ‘the Boss’. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 formal someone who serves a leader or believes in their ideas 2 someone who helps a priest at a religious ceremony ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1300, from M.L. acolytus, from Gk. akolouthos "following, attening on," from a- copulative prefix + keleuthose "a way." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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