acolyte

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The trial started just days after an Abe acolyte, Sanae Takaichi, became Japan’s prime minister with a platform strongly influenced by Abe’s views, including support for higher military spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

The US leader said he had heard "great things about her" and hailed the fact that she was an acolyte of assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe, with whom Trump had close ties.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

FX’s “Damages” riveted audiences with its escalating battles between Glenn Close’s legal shark Patty Hewes and her supposed acolyte, Rose Byrne’s fresh-out-of-law school Ellen Parsons.

From Salon • May 9, 2025

"I wouldn't say I was a friend of hers, I was an acolyte, and she allowed me to be so."

From BBC • Sep. 28, 2024

They brought a robe for her as well, the soft thick robe of an acolyte, black upon one side and white upon the other.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin