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Retinue vs Acolyte - What's the difference?

retinue | acolyte |

As nouns the difference between retinue and acolyte

is that retinue is a group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important while 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.

retinue

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of servants or attendants, especially of someone considered important.
  • the queen’s retinues
  • * 12 July 2012 , Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift
  • Preceded by a Simpsons short shot in 3-D—perhaps the only thing more superfluous than a fourth Ice Age movie—Ice Age: Continental Drift finds a retinue of vaguely contemporaneous animals coping with life in the post-Pangaea age.
  • (obsolete) A service relationship.
  • Anagrams

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    acolyte

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.
  • Synonyms

    : (assistant) sidekick