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acolyte

noun as in attendant, usually in a church

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His intellectual bravado has always attracted disciples and acolytes, notably his cultlike following at Cambridge, where he taught in the 1930s and ’40s.

But she branded and marketed it with gusto, spawning media accolades, celebrity acolytes, controversy — and a recent federal conviction for forced-labor conspiracy.

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For “One Battle After Another,” Anderson, an acolyte of “The French Connection,” wanted VistaVision for its toothy texture and lush but less-than-clean picture.

His acolyte Curt Mills boasts of being a “hater” of Israel and says Israel is “wagging the dog” of American politics.

No stirring during the break after the first movement as members of the local New National Theatre Chorus walked on stage with the ceremonial slow gliding movements of acolytes in a temple.

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