Votary
['vəʊt(ə)rɪ] or ['votəri]
Definition
(noun.) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; 'the cultured votary of science'.
(noun.) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; 'a votary of Aphrodite'.
(noun.) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; 'monasteries of votaries'.
Typed by Debora--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
(n.) One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Devotee.
Typist: Sean
Definition
adj. bound or consecrated by a vow.—n. one devoted as by a vow to some service worship or way of life:—fem. Vō′taress.—n. Vō′tarist a votary.
Typed by Justine
Examples
- A votary of the Snake Goddess. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Mithraist votary actually bathed in the blood of the sacrificial bull, and was born again thereby. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He was a man undegraded, the disciple of reason, _not_ the votary of sense. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Chariot and demon charioteer were gone by; the votary still lived. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Release me from the dry concern Of listening to their moaning, And from your votary ever turn Old dames with cholic groaning! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Typist: Louis