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acolyte
acolyte /ˈækəlaɪt/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: acolite, from Medieval Latin acoluthus, from Greek, 'following', from keleuthos 'path'
1. formal someone who serves a leader or believes in their ideas
2. someone who helps a priest at a religious ceremony