acolytes
Faithful junior helpers
Acolytes is the plural of acolyte—a person who assists in religious ceremonies, particularly in Christian traditions where they attend priests at the altar.
The word extends to any devoted follower or assistant: The guru surrounded himself with adoring acolytes.
The term often carries a hint of excessive devotion or subservience.
Worship ceremony assistant
- cruciferMustard family member
- sacristanChurch caretaker of sacred items
- choristerMember of a choir
- serverOne who attends tables
ministrant · celebrant · deacon · subdeacon · priest · clergy · bishop · abbot
altar server
Worship ceremony assistant
server · ministrant · celebrant · deacon · subdeacon · priest · clergy · bishop · abbot · monk
novice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
pupil · student · understudy · beginner · mentee · disciple · initiate · rookie · recruit · squire
devotee
Zealous admirer or follower
- adherentLoyal supporter of something
- discipleCommitted follower of teaching
- supporterOne who backs another
zealot · partisan · loyalist · believer · enthusiast · convert · votary · proselyte · sectarian · fanatic
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- devoteesdevotee, devotees, adherent, adherents, follower
- followersfollowers, conformist, disciples, devotees, adherents
- Book FansPotterheads, Tolkienites, Dickensians, Twihards, bibliophiles
- Catholicsparishioners, parishioner, communicant, archbishops, lapsed Catholic
- children's churchBible stories, Sunday school, children's ministry, memory verses, children's Bible
acolytesleaders
Those with authority
masters · chiefs · commanders · superiors · high priests
acolytesapostates
Those who abandon belief
critics · detractors · opponents · dissenters · heretics