Martha Nussbaum

Hilary Putnam died of cancer at the age of 89. Those of us who had the good fortune to know Putnam as mentees, colleagues, and friends remember his life with profound gratitude and love, since Hilary was not only a great philosopher, but also a human being of extraordinary generosity, who really wanted people to be themselves, not his acolytes.

American Philosopher

Pat Conroy

Though Nathalie Dupree did not remember much about my presence in her class, it marked me forever. I remain her enthusiast, her evangelist, her acolyte, and her grateful student. She taught me that cooking and storytelling make the most delightful coconspirators.

American Writer

Peter O'Toole

A few years back I was asked if I would go and meet a director and his various acolytes, and it occurred to me halfway through the meeting that what I was doing was auditioning. And I thought, 'Well, hang on buddy. I've done half a century of this.

Irish Actor

Bill O'Reilly

Many conservatives were openly angry with the Bush administration over enormous government spending and the chaos in Iraq. I don't see as much independent thinking on the left, where President Obama is rarely criticized by his acolytes.

American Journalist

Stephen Rodrick

Lance Armstrong has a 17th-century, 15-foot Spanish fresco of the crucifixion hanging on the wall of his Austin mansion. This doesn't mean - and some of you Armstrong acolytes might want to sit down for this - that Lance is Jesus.

Dan Bongino

If you're an American voter, you should be absolutely disgusted right now by people like Bernie Sanders, a fraud and limousine liberal, and his new acolyte, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and others, too.

American Educator

Gary Hamel

If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.

American Businessman

Barbara Kruger

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

American Artist

John Fahey

From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes.

American Musician

Acolyte is primarily used in religious settings to describe someone assisting with ceremonies.

Religious Role

An acolyte isn't a member of the clergy but has specific duties during worship.

Not Clergy

Traditionally, acolytes are often younger members of a religious community.

Age-Related

Acolyte can be used metaphorically to describe a devoted assistant in non-religious contexts.

Not Just Religion

As an acolyte of a leader or idea, one not only follows but also admires them.

Admiration Implied

An acolyte is typically seen as subordinate to their leader or teacher.

Often Subordinate

 To this day, they remain ruled by a ritual priesthood but the training for the priesthood is rather extraordinary. The young acolytes are taken away from their families at the age of three and four, sequestered in a shadowy world of darkness in stone huts at the base of glaciers for 18

Wade Davis: Cultures at...

 definitely an acolyte so well done Lindsay and keep it up as we go along but you can see just in the area where we are at the moment very very brown very dry looking everything is grey brown the grass is all lying over on itself and the trees all pretty much