单词 | acolythist |
释义 | † acolythistn. Obsolete. = acolyte n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > acolyte > [noun] acolyteOE colet1382 waiter1563 acolythist1592 acolouthite1598 colliter1669 1592 A. Willet Synopsis Papismi i. vii. 39 The eight Ecclesiasticall orders, Bishops, Prists, Deacons, Subdeacons, Acolythistes, Readers, Exorcistes, Doore-keepers. 1606 W. Birnie Blame of Kirk-buriall vii. sig. C1v Vespilones, or bear-men, whose peculiare calling was (beeing followed in rankes by the Acoluthists their friends,..) to cary their corps. 1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 96 To ordain the Acolothist, to keep the Sacred Vessels, etc. 1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Acoluthi Among ecclesiastical writers, the term Acolythus, or Acolythist, is peculiarly applied to those young people, who, in the primitive times, aspired to the ministry. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. iv. 146 Subordinate officers were required: and we soon meet..with..acolythists... These were ordained..by the bishop. 1854 J. Murdock tr. J. L. von Mosheim Hist. Comm. State of Christianity II. xxiii. 117 The case of two deacons and an acolythist, who, having lapsed, again returned to the church. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1592 |
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