acolytes

英[ˈækəˌlaɪts]

n. 助手( acolyte的复数形式 ); 随从; 新手; <宗>（天主教）侍祭

n. someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches