Acolyte

Acolyte is a religious title within the Maninist Faith. Traditionally it was the lowest position in the church hierarchy, and the first step up from the laity. In recent centuries the old tripartite division of Maninist clergy into Acolytes, Wards, and High Ward has broken down and been replaced by the Order system. Acolytes remain outside the Order system, answering only to Wards (in practice just the Ward of Sirasona) and the High Ward, and consequently today exist chiefly outside the Halyrate, either to preach to the unconverted or tend to the needs of Faithful in areas where the Orders are either suppressed or not yet fully established. Along with the Eskarites, Acolytes carry out the bulk of the Faith's missionary work. 
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