What is "hierodule"

Usage examples of "hierodule".

Pandaras did not want the responsibility of looking after Tibor, but he needed him because the hierodule knew how to survive in the wilderness.

The hierodule said that sleeplessness was another curse the Preservers had placed upon the bloodline.

To pass the time while Tibor paddled steadily and the ragged margin of mangrove stands and banyan islands drifted by, full of green shadows despite the bright, hot sunlight, Pandaras told the hierodule every detail of his adventures with Yama.

Pandaras thought that Tibor was quoting from an obscure sura in the Puranas and, having no wish to argue theology with a hierodule, for once held his tongue.

After the incident with Ayulf, Pandaras trusted the indigens far less than they trusted him, and did not want anyone to see the hierodule and think that they could take him away.

The next morning, Pandaras was taken up on deck by Tibor, and saw at last what the hierodule had been trying to tell him.

When Pandaras shook him, the hierodule stirred and said at once that he had seen nothing.

He fell asleep, and woke with a start to find the hierodule squatting in front of him and a familiar warmth against his chest.

Pandaras turned and saw with embarrassment that the hierodule was crying.

He sprang from the floating disc and ran straight at Pandaras, knocking Tibor down when the hierodule tried to get in the way.

There was a brief flash of light, and Prefect Corin told the hierodule to get up.

The pale-skinned hierodule, clad only in ragged trews, squatted beside the Prefect, and bared his teeth when Pandaras called to him.

Dismas said, and turned his back in disgust, The hierodule was still howling, his muscles straining against each other under his flabby skin.

The Prefect reversed his grip of the staff and began to beat the hierodule about his shoulders.

Pandaras has faithfully carried for so long enables access to the space inside the shrines, just like the induction loop in a hierodule like Tibor.