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acolyte

noun as in attendant, usually in a church

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Devoted acolytes may view its scattered vignettes as smaller pieces of a grand puzzle, yet everyone else is apt to be as confused as they are captivated.

Thiel and his acolytes want to drain the swamp and make a fortune selling gator-skin boots.

Later in the season, Cinda sells her name and brand for a huge sum of money and lectures her acolytes in proper podcast intonation.

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She was looking for healthier alternatives and became a Null acolyte, working for a time as a counselor in his office and giving weekly cooking classes at his health-food restaurant.

In Specter’s telling, even Fauci’s onetime antagonists, Kramer chief among them, undergo conversion experiences and become acolytes.

Why do you think you were “an asperg-y movie fan…a jabbering repellent acolyte?”

Still, the tradition of a hero with a younger, or everyman, acolyte stretches back to antiquity.

One of these heroes is an insect-loving contemporary of Charles Darwin, the other a crocodile-wrestling Steve Irwin acolyte.

Yee was, as Brown writes, a Brown acolyte at one point, representing a district of middle class single-family homeowners.

Then, like a true BuzzFeeder acolyte, he added: “This story will blow over as soon as the Kardashians have a new kid.”

He was an acolyte sent forth with bowl and staff to beg for aid in certain temple repairs.

That the acolyte in Claude's case took the form of Louis Gentilis made him no more welcome.

The parish priest sat with his acolyte, who held a crucifix before his eyes so that his thoughts might not wander.

So from this you can see how nobly that young acolyte was provided with all that beseemed his future greatness.

After sermon the preacher returns to the altar, when a fourth functionary appears, whom we suppose must be termed an acolyte.

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On this page you'll find 6 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to acolyte, such as: follower, aid, assistant, and helper.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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