Pastor vs Acolyte - What's the difference?
pastor | acolyte |
A shepherd; someone who tends to a flock of animals.
Someone with spiritual authority over a group of people
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A Muslim imam
* 1983 , Meridel Rawlings, Fishers and hunters , page 272
* 2005 , Beth Moore, Voices of the Faithful , page 120
A minister or a priest in a Christian church.
(Christianity) To serve a congregation as
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(ecclesiastical) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
An attendant, assistant or follower.
As a proper noun pastor
is .As a noun acolyte is
(ecclesiastical) one who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at mass.pastor
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Alternative forms
* pastour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* pastorage * pastorate * pastoral * pastoressCoordinate terms
* imam, guru, rabbi, sanghaVerb
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