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acolythist arch.
Also 8 acolothist.
[f. med.L. acolyth-us + -ist.]
By-form of acolyte.
1726Ayliffe Parergon. 96 To ordain the Acolothist, to keep the Sacred Vessels, etc. Ibid. 184 The word Clerk is confin'd to the Seven Degrees..viz. the Ostiarius..the Acolythist, Reader, Exorcist, Sub-deacon, Deacon, and Presbyter. 1751Chambers Cycl. s.v. Acoluth, Among the ecclesiastical writers, the term Acolythus or Acolythist, is peculiarly applied to those young people, who in primitive times aspired to the ministry. 1811Grant Hist. Eng. Ch. I. 158 Two candlesticks for the acolythists. 1844Lingard Hist. A.S. Ch. (1858) I. iv. 133 Subordinate officers were required; and we soon meet..with..acolythists..these were ordained. |