Of course, he still has a small coterie of devoted regulars.

In the monastery, he rose before dawn, interacted with a small coterie and prepared many meals.

I don't want to make Shakespeare films for a small intellectual coterie or a group of my friends.

"He became surrounded by a small coterie and got cut off from everyone else."

It is a game, however, that can be played only by a small coterie of initiates.

Instead of his usual small coterie of aides, he brought several car loads this year.

Eventually, Teddy moved into a small coterie of intellectual boys who were drawn together by a mutual passion for science and math.

But only a small coterie knew of the death.

She also had a small coterie of male friends who wrote her letters - including her old boyfriend.

Dictators, unlike democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power.