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单词 acolyteship
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acolyteshipn.

Brit. /ˈakəlʌɪtˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈækəˌlaɪtˌʃɪp/
Forms: see acolyte n. and -ship suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: acolyte n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < acolyte n. + -ship suffix.
rare.
The position or office of an acolyte (literal and figurative).
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] > office of
acolyteship1570
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 781/2 [Degrading] from Accoluteshyp [v.r. Acoluteship], by takyng from them the Cruet and Candelsticke.
1846 C. Maitland Church in Catacombs vi. 193 Before his execution he [sc. Huss] was degraded from all his orders in succession: priesthood, deaconship, subdeaconship, acolyteship, [etc.].
1988 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 July w7 This guy spent his leisure time mastering his material with..countless hours of bulge-orbed acolyteship in front of MTV.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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