单词 | altar servant |
释义 | > as lemmasaltar servant altar servant n. a person who serves at an altar; spec. a priest or priest's assistant; cf. altar servant n. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God vii. xx. 281 The altar-seruant, or sacrificer [L. minister ad ara]. 1847 Brit. Protestant Dec. 197 The Priest's altar-servant. 1999 M. Metzger Hist. Liturgy vi. 124 The functions of deacon and subdeacon have endured, sometimes those of acolyte (reduced to the role of altar servant). < as lemmas |
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