Acolyte
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
An inferior church servant, who, next under the deacon, followed and waited upon the priest and deacons, and performed the meaner offices of lighting the candles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance.