acolytes

• There will be more acolytes, after the offering, and more Âka-Magi will be dedicated, who are worth a thou­sand warriors each—and something else, he says, something special. —  Kushiel’s Avatar
• They killed Gitara; I will kill them—the acolytes, the Four of the Black Circle, the Master himself! —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
• One of the Irakzai bled to death among the rocks, but the acolytes were down—slashed and hacked asunder or hurled over the edge to float sluggishly down to the silver floor that shone so far below. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
• Evidently familiar with the plan of the caverns by hearsay or by maps handed down in the priest-craft, he had entered the cave after the others, carrying the goddess, followed a circuitous route through the tunnels and chambers, and ensconced himself and his burden on the balcony while Gorulga and the other acolytes were engaged in their endless rituals. —  Conan -- The Stories from Weird Tales (1932-1936)
• She was even followed by a quartet of acolytes, all of them women, all of them dressed in unadorned white suits. —  AnalogSFF,October2005

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