acolyte
nounHow many syllables in acolyte?
There are 3 syllables in the word acolyte.How to pronounce acolyte:
Definition of acolyte:
- acolyte (noun):
- one who assists a member of the clergy in a liturgical service by performing minor duties
- 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.
Synonyms for acolyte:
adherent
admirer
altar boy
apostle
devotee
disciple
epigone
follower
holy order
man of the cloth
missionary
order
partisan
partizan
pupil
reverend
scholar
soldier
student
supporter
thurifer
votary
Here are some other common 3-syllable words.
- tacitly
- supervise
- speedily
- visited
- reminisced
- despising
- stubbornly
- fitfully
- multitude
- snickering
- inculcate
- alluring
- insensate
- orgastic
- omnivore
- instructed
- superbly
- diverged
- picturesque
- resided
- pristinely
- indulged
- evaded
- exulting
- hesitant
- hesitate
- encourage
- opulent
- exceeding
- accusing
- apricate
- prettiest
- fortunate
- unable
- desolate
- convincing
- fatigued
- boisterous
- whereabouts
- whomever
- deligate
- recklessly
- scrumptious
- gluttonous
- embitter
- thoughtfully
- exacted
- amusement
- acumen
- hesitance
- … more
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