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acolyte vs thurifer

thurifer vs acolyte

acolyte and thurifer both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
acolyte Yes No No No
thurifer Yes No No No
As nouns, thurifer is a hyponym of acolyte; that is, thurifer is a word with a more specific, narrower 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
  • thurifer: an acolyte who carries a thurible
Other hyponyms of acolyte include altar boy.
acolyte (noun) thurifer (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 an acolyte who carries a thurible
Difference between acolyte and thurifer

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