Acolyte, Acolyth, and Acolothist

[Gr. ako louthos, disciple.] ( Eccl. Hist.) In the Catholic church, one of the inferior orders of the clergy, whose office it is to attend upon the deacons and subdeacons in the ministry of the altar, to light and hold the candles, to bear the incense, to present the priest with wine and water, . In the primitive church, the acolytes were in holy orders, and ranked next to the subdeacons; but at the present time, the duties of the acolyte are very often performed by laymen and chorister-boys. Acoma, in Mi i ippi , a small town of Holmes co. Acoma, in Minnesota , a township of McLeod co. Acoma, or St. Esteban de Acoma, New Mexico , a town about 60 m. W.S.W. of Albuquerque. Aconcagua, a province of the kingdom of Chili, bounded N. and W. by the prov. of Quillota, E. by the Andes, and S. by Santiago. Area , 12,000 square miles. Desc., mountainous, and fertile in the valleys. The mountain Aconcagua is the loftiest of the Andes, being 23,910 feet above the level of the sea; lat. 32° 38′ 30′′ S., long. 70° 0′ 30′′ W. Prod ., maize, wheat, beans, pumpkins, melons, and other garden-produce; vineyards and orchards are plentiful, and in summer numerous flocks are pastured on the slopes of the Andes; figs, nectarines, peaches, ., are sent to Santiago and Val para i so. Gold is found and copper is worked in mines. Pop . 124,828. The chief town is San Felipe. On the S. side of the mountain Aconcagua rises a river of the same name, which flows S.W. and IMG:content-0033.png:[graphic] joins the Pacific 12 miles N. of Val para i so. Aconi'tates, n. pl. ( Chem .) The salts formed by the union of the aconitic acid with different bases. der the influence of Fig. 24. - ACONITUM NAPELLUS. heat. Form. 3HO.C19Hg09.