 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
votary
noun
1: one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or
service; "monasteries of votaries"
2: a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a
non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
3: a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or
person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, adjective [From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to
devote. See {Vote}, {Vow}.]
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow;
devoted; promised.
Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom.
--Bacon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, noun; pl. {Votaries}.
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. ''You
are already love's firm votary.'' --Shak.
'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was
in fault. --Bp. Fell.
But thou, my votary, weepest thou? --Emerson.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "votary":
Christian, God-fearing man, Maecenas, abettor, accepter, addict,
adherent, admirer, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel,
apologist, appendage, aspirant, aspirer, attendant, backer,
beadsman, believer, booster, buff, candidate, catechumen,
cavaliere servente, celebrant, champion, chapelgoer, churchgoer,
churchite, churchman, collector, communicant, congregation,
convert, courtier, coveter, creature, daily communicant, dangler,
defender, dependence, dependent, desirer, devotee, devotionalist,
dilettante, disciple, dummy, encourager, endorser, evangelist,
exponent, fan, fanatic, fancier, favorer, figurehead, flunky,
follower, following, freak, friend at court, gillie,
good Christian, goon, groupie, habitue, hanger-on, hankerer,
henchman, homme de cour, hopeful, hound, idolater, idolizer,
jackal, lackey, lover, mainstay, maintainer, man, minion, myrmidon,
neophyte, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, petitioner,
pietist, prayer, promoter, proselyte, protagonist, public, puppet,
pursuer, pursuivant, receiver, reliance, religionist, revivalist,
rooter, saint, satellite, second, seconder, sectary, shadow, sider,
solicitant, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor, suitor,
suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, support, supporter, sustainer,
sycophant, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, theist, thug, trainbearer,
truster, upholder, venerator, wanter, ward heeler, well-wisher,
wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot
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