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a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
the cultured votary of science -
one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
monasteries of votaries -
a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
a votary of Aphrodite
How To Use votary In A Sentence
- Moily, who's credited with streamlining engineering admission process structure in Karnatata (where caste-based reservations for various OBC communities often posed a systemic problem, until Moily, as then chief minister, streamlined the process), has also been known as a votary of caste-based census. Top Headlines
- These are the consistent, patterned actions of a votary of approval-seeking and compelled conciliation. Sharon O'Connell: Barack Obama, Where Have You Gone? Oh, There.
- He was a votary of golf.
- Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil — I, the prostrate votary — felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. Villette
- The organismic, “what you can do for your country” implies that the government is the master or the deity, the citizen, the servant or the votary. The Volokh Conspiracy » On Patriotism
- Mr. Chakrabarty has been a strong votary of financial inclusion, urging banks for more push into rural and semi-urban areas. RBI Prunes Deputy Governor's Roles
- In future I shall become what is called a votary, and shall cut down my spirits to the narrowest limit. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti
- As the fan blew upon it, the flame of the votary candle swayed and flickered.
- There is invariably a reciprocal relationship between the votary and the saint to whom a vow is made; if the votary receives the demanded protection, healing, or victory, he or she must meet the obligation made at the time of the vow.
- Greek Mythology Roman Mythology A priest or votary of Bacchus.