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| ac·o·lyte [ ákə lt ] (plural ac·o·lytes) |
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1. assistant: a follower or assistant
 the acolytes of this powerful leader
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2. assistant to cleric: somebody, especially a young person, who assists a member of the clergy in the performance of rites
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| [14th century. Directly or via Old French< ecclesiastical Latin acolytus< Greek akolouthos "follower" < a- "together" + keleuthos "path"] |
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