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acólito

acolyte

noun ah-KOH-lee-toh Rare

Origin: Greek akolouthos (follower), via Latin acolythus

Also means

follower

Usage Note

Acólito originally referred to a liturgical minister who assists a priest at Mass, and still carries that religious sense. In modern journalistic and political Spanish it frequently means a close follower or henchman in a negative, ironic register (rodeado de sus acólitos). The plural is regular: acólitos.

Examples

"El acólito encendió las velas del altar."

Natural Translation

The acolyte lit the altar candles.

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