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Acolyte

In some Christian churches, an acolyte is one who wishes to attain clergyhood.

Roman Catholicism

The term acolyte is now commonly applied to lay attendants upon the clergy, such as mass-servers; but it was, until the Second Vatican Council, considered the highest of the minor orders, having as duties the lighting of the altar-candles, carrying the candles in procession and the ministering of water and wine to the priest at Mass.

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