An attendant, assistant, or follower.
Used in a Sentence
acolyte
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for acolyte.
Editorial note
He's appealing to his base by making political statements that make little sense to anyone who isn't an acolyte.
Examples16
Definitions3
Parts of speech1
Quick take
An attendant, assistant, or follower.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of acolyte gathered in one view.
(Christianity) An altar server.
(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for acolyte.
noun
An attendant, assistant, or follower.
noun
(Christianity) An altar server.
noun
(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
Example sentences
He's appealing to his base by making political statements that make little sense to anyone who isn't an acolyte.
Someone help an Adobe-acolyte out: about how far behind/apart was Aperture from either Photoshop or Lightroom in feature set?
It's a step in the right direction (if you're an acolyte to the dark world of Neyman-Pearson).
Why would an Ayn Rand acolyte support the state taking the property of private individuals?
He's now wiser than the average Randian acolyte, but still seems to think this structural feature of capitalism is somehow unique to cryptocurrency.
As a Girardian acolyte, I'm curious if there any private truths you can reveal to us?
Chief Acolyte henning, please permit me to fetch the sacred tongue-tongs!
Sounds like your friend is an acolyte of the LessWrong cult.
I'm especially on guard because I used to be an acolyte of the OO religion.
When I first encountered OOD, I lapped it up and became an acolyte.
As a Clojure acolyte of 10+ years, I can't wait to see this.
Nixlang is so infuriatingly obtuse that I generally have to fire up Discord and bug the local Nix acolyte when something goes wrong.
Quote examples
In the article, he asks why Apple didn't replace Dye with a "Dye acolyte".
Nerd that i am, I immediately thought perhaps the phrase "Dye acolyte" raises a null pointer exception.
I don't think anyone except for a Stafford "the purpose of a system is what it does" Beer acolyte would designate new demand of pill bottles as the first order effect of a new medication.
'''Even Rand acolyte Paul Ryan (R-Wis) is now distancing himself, calling his well-documented enthusiasm an “urban legend.”''' I'm guessing urban legend really mean "political inconvenience" in this context?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use acolyte in a sentence?
He's appealing to his base by making political statements that make little sense to anyone who isn't an acolyte.
What does acolyte mean?
An attendant, assistant, or follower.
What part of speech is acolyte?
acolyte is commonly used as noun.