How many syllables in acolyte?

There are 3 syllables in the word acolyte.

How to pronounce 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.

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