1eccl.occupationacolyte, member of the clergy who assists with the liturgy and performs minor duties:
(
1181-85;
MS: s.xiv1/4
) Si li s[u]bdiacnes n'est prest, Li acolite si il est
868
(
c.1195;
MS: s.xiii4/4
) Vestuz furent diversement Solum l’ordre qu’a eus apent [...] Li un abbé, li autre moigne E prestre e diacne e chanoigne E subdiacne e acolite
1551
(
s.xiii2/4;
MS: s.xivin
)
Li premer
(=of the seven orders) [si] est dit ‘oisser’, Ou ‘hostiarie’, ou ‘porter’ […] Li quarz est nomé ‘acolit’
699
(
1267;
MS: c.1300
)
acolite en griu est dit ‘Portur des cirges’
11691
(
c.1300;
MS: s.xiv2/4
)
Prestre, deakne et acolit
341
(
c.1365;
MS: s.xiv4/4
) pur ceo que mon treshonuré seignur m’ad ordeigné de prendre l’order d’acolit, pensant de m’avoir prestre pur ma grant humblesse
372
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acolit (1181-85)