As described in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

COLET. COLLETT. "Acolyth, acolythus, in our old English called a colet, was an inferior church sei"vant, who next under the sub-deacon waited on the priests and deacons, and performed the meaner offices of lighting the caudles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance." Keunet's Parochial Antiq. Burn's Eccles. Law. See CoUett below.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.


Surname type: Diminutive

Origin: English

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: England

Religion of origin: Christian

Language of origin: English

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