The kneeling acolyte chimed a sacring-bell, and the congregation bent and swayed like a wheat-field swept scross by sudden wind.
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Acolyte
//ˈæk.ə.laɪt//
Synonyms for "acolyte" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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41 translations across 21 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- acòlit noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Dutch
2 entries- acoliet noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- helper noun (in general: assistant)
Esperanto
1 entries- akolito noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Finnish
4 entries- akolyytti noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- apulainen noun (in general: assistant)
- apuri noun (in general: assistant)
- avustaja noun (in general: assistant)
French
2 entries- acolyte noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- acolyte noun (in general: assistant)
German
2 entries- Akolyth noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- Gehilfe noun (in general: assistant)
Greek
2 entries- ακόλουθος noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- βοηθός noun (in general: assistant)
Hungarian
1 entries- akolitus noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Indonesian
1 entries- akolit noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Interlingua
1 entries- acolyto noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Irish
2 entries- acalaí noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- túiseoir noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Italian
1 entries- accolito noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Macedonian
2 entries- аколут noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- по́мошник noun (in general: assistant)
Malay
1 entries- akolit noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Norwegian
1 entries- assistent noun (in general: assistant)
Polish
4 entries- akolita noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- akolita noun (in general: assistant)
- akolitka noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- akolitka noun (in general: assistant)
Portuguese
4 entries- acólito noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- acólito noun (in general: assistant)
- ajudante noun (in general: assistant)
- assistente noun (in general: assistant)
Spanish
3 entries- acólito noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- acólito noun (in general: assistant)
- ayudante noun (in general: assistant)
Tagalog
4 entries- akolito noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- monasilyo noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- munisilyo noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
- sakristan noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Turkish
1 entries- rahip yardımcısı noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chú giúp lễ noun (Catholic church: highest of the minor orders; ordained to carry wine, water and lights at the Mass)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
“Apparently, one of Milius's acolytes spends a lot of time at the top of that huge, dangerous mountain. Better get climbing.” “(groans) Oh.”
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