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acolyte vs Order

Order vs acolyte

acolyte and Order both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acolyte Yes No No No
Order Yes No No No
As nouns, Order is a hypernym of acolyte; that is, Order is a word with a broader meaning than acolyte:
  • 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
  • Order: (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
Other hypernyms of acolyte include clergyman, man of the cloth, reverend, Holy Order.
acolyte (noun) Order (noun)
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 (usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy
Difference between acolyte and Order

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