Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who sets on fire or kindles.
- n. In the early Christian church, the one who lighted and extinguished the candles on or about the altar. This office is now performed by an altar-boy.
Wiktionary
- n. Roman Catholic Church One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (R. C. Ch.) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
Etymologies
- Late Latin, from past participle accensus. See accend (Wiktionary)
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whichbe Roman Catholic, acolyte. May 16, 2008