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Holy Order vs acolyte

acolyte vs Holy Order

Holy Order and acolyte both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Holy Order Yes No No No
acolyte Yes No No No
As nouns, acolyte is a hyponym of Holy Order; that is, acolyte is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Holy Order:
  • Holy Order: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
  • acolyte: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
Other hyponyms of Holy Order include anagnost, deacon, doorkeeper, ostiarius, ostiary, exorcist, lector, reader, priest, subdeacon.
Holy Order (noun) acolyte (noun)
(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
Difference between Holy Order and acolyte

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