Acolyte vs Proselyte - What's the difference?
acolyte | proselyte |
(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.
One who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
* King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:
To proselytize.
As nouns the difference between acolyte and proselyte
is that acolyte is 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 while proselyte is one who has recently converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.As a verb proselyte is
to proselytize.acolyte
English
(wikipedia acolyte)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
: (assistant) sidekickproselyte
English
(wikipedia proselyte)Noun
(en noun)- Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte , and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.