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SERVER

Also called an acolyte, a server is a boy or man who assists the priest in a sanctuary, especially at the Eucharistic liturgy. In the post-conciliar directives for ministers at the altar, they are to be vested in an alb or surplice (Ordo Missae, 1970, III, 81).

All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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