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Example sentences for "acolyte"

Lexicographically close words:
acknowledgment; acknowledgments; acknowleged; acme; acne; acolytes; aconite; aconites; aconitine; acordada
  1. Meantime the acolyte has collected flowers of the sal tree and set them round the place of sacrifice, and he has also fetched the holy water from the priest's house.

  2. During the morning the acolyte and the priest's deputy go round from house to house collecting victims for the sacrifice.

  3. Next morning very early, before cock-crow, an acolyte steals out as quietly as possible to the sacred spring to fetch water in a new earthen pot.

  4. She was evidently the priestess of the cult, for I watched her stand before the stool, while the priest with the assistance of an acolyte brought out a huge crucifix of black and silver and placed it before her.

  5. As she eagerly assented, the prelate signed to the acolyte who had waited on him with the holy vessels, and he produced from a packet a written sheet which he handed to Katharina.

  6. You speak like a genuine acolyte of that glorious sage, Pythagoras.

  7. Naturalists have known this acolyte by Mons.

  8. Giard, and which is a sign of the times, is that the Peltogaster of the Pagurus has become a Sacculina on the crab; the host having been transformed, its acolyte has done the same thing under the same influence.

  9. This was said exactly in the tone that a young Admiralty clerk might use in asking the same question of a brother acolyte at the Treasury.

  10. I trusted my acolyte to write sacred texts on every part of your body.

  11. Shinzaburo remembered that this lantern and the one carried by Yone were identical, and an acolyte informed him that the tombs were those of Tsuyu and Yone.

  12. It was the function of the acolyte to dart at sleeping infants, restless infants, whimpering infants, and smooth, their wretched faces.

  13. The priest, with the acolyte before him, and the holy box on his breast, passed by the physician, and entered the sick-room.

  14. But already in his acolyte days Yoshitsune had studied swordsmanship, and he supplemented his knowledge by activity almost supernatural.

  15. The acolyte was Yoshitsune, and the time, the eve of his departure for Mutsu.

  16. One evening, Benkei observed an armed acolyte approaching the Gojo bridge in Kyoto.

  17. Gave the name of a registered acolyte and everything.

  18. As an acolyte of the religion, you'll turn me over to them as a spy.

  19. But then we found out that the acolyte she was supposed to be was across the continent, in Akra.

  20. The other acolyte stands by the drum and beats it softly at irregular intervals as indicated.

  21. One acolyte to the right of the table beats a little hoarse bell.

  22. First priest sings, and while he sings the acolyte beats the drum softly at quick irregular intervals.

  23. This little acolyte of half a century before was now a prince of the church, and the Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo.

  24. His Eminence, closing his eyes, fancied himself once more the restless acolyte of fifty years before; the blue spirals from his cigarette seemed to carry his thoughts back through the interminable labyrinths of the past.

  25. That the acolyte in Claude's case took the form of Louis Gentilis made him no more welcome.

  26. Alas, that such feelings cannot last, nor such moments endure; that in the footsteps of the priest, be he never so holy, treads ever the grinning acolyte with his mind on sweet things.

  27. Edmund Clarence Stedman, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Richard Watson Gilder, Henry Mills Alden, gave her work that generous welcome the noblesse of any art have in waiting for the acolyte bringing the cup new filled.

  28. She was ever the acolyte in that temple, never beseeching at the altar, but serving it.

  29. Sounds of prayer and of silver matin bells come from the temples, where priest and acolyte greet the Lord Buddha of a new day.

  30. The only Kano, the only Kano," mused the acolyte over his tea.

  31. Slipping his hands within his gray sleeves, the acolyte began fingering his short rosary as he asked, "Is the--wild man now under this very roof?

  32. He was an acolyte sent forth with bowl and staff to beg for aid in certain temple repairs.

  33. The ascetic Savonarola the acolyte of the beery Monk of Wittenberg!

  34. At ordinations they were used, as is shown by the 6th canon of the council of Carthage (398), which decrees that the acolyte is to hand to the newly ordained deacon ceroferarium cum cereo.

  35. Thou shalt serve me as acolyte for the last time.

  36. Here, roaring Ralph, this innocent young acolyte says he has never touched the dice.

  37. The long-robed relic-keeper puts the precious trinket rapidly to their lips; an acolyte follows with a saucer for the cash.

  38. It remains but a few seconds, and his grimy acolyte picks it out with a long wire and throws it on the tray for sale.

  39. At age five his mother made him acolyte in a Zen monastery, a move some suggest was for his physical safety, lest the shogun decide to do away with this emperor's son as a potential threat.

  40. This last travesty has extended even to fictionalizing his role as a child at the monastery; there is now a popular television cartoon series in Japan about the irrepressible acolyte Ikkyu.

  41. This was said exactly in the tone that a young Admiralty clerk might use in asking the same question of a brother acolyte in the Treasury.

  42. Presently a small door was opened and there issued forth in the stillness of the night an acolyte bearing a lighted lantern, followed by a priest carrying the Host.

  43. Hugon had acted as acolyte at the consecration of M.

  44. They were nearly the only persons in the church, and his mother bade him go and offer to act as acolyte to the priest.


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acolyte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    acolyte; adjutant; agent; aid; aide; assistant; attendant; auxiliary; beadle; clerk; coadjutor; deacon; deputy; doorkeeper; elder; exorcist; help; helper; helpmate; lector; lecturer; lieutenant; priest; reader; sacristan; satellite; second; servant; sexton