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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos).
Pronunciation
Noun
acólito m (plural acólitos, feminine acólita, feminine plural acólitas)
- (ecclesiastical) acolyte (person ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass)
- acolyte; assistant
- Synonyms: ajudante, assistente
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin acolythus, from Ancient Greek ἀκόλουθος (akólouthos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈkolito/
- Rhymes: -olito
- Syllabification: a‧có‧li‧to
Noun
acólito m (plural acólitos, feminine acólita, feminine plural acólitas)
- (Christianity) acolyte
1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:Los anónimos eran dos o tres caballeros de paño pardo, naturales de Cebolla o Erustes, otros tantos compañeros de Anchuras, algún profesor del colegio en que el difunto enseñaba Historia, el sacristán y acólitos de San Juan.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Christianity) altar boy
- Synonyms: monago, monaguillo
1820, Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, transl., Oficio de la Semana Santa:
- minion (a sycophantic follower)
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