Obs. rare; also 7 acholithite. [f. Gr. ἀκόλουθ-ος + -ITE.] By-form of ACOLYTE.
1599. Bp. Hall, Virgidem, IV. vii. 53. To see a lasie dumbe Acholithite, Armed against a devout flyes despight.
1642. Jer. Taylor, Episcopacie (1647), 174. The office of an acolouthite, of an exorcist, of an ostiary, are no way dependent on the office of a deacon.
