Votary Definition

vōtə-rē
votaries
noun
A person bound by a vow or promise, esp. one bound to religious vows, as a monk or nun.
Webster's New World
A person devoted to a particular religion or object of worship; devout worshiper.
Webster's New World
A devoted or ardent supporter, as of a cause, ideal, etc.
Webster's New World
A person who is devoted to any game, study, pursuit, etc.
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Synonyms:
adjective
Consecrated by a vow.
Webster's New World
Of, or having the nature of, a vow.
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Other Word Forms of Votary

Noun

Singular:
votary
Plural:
votaries

Origin of Votary

  • From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote").

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin vōtum vow vote

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Votary Sentence Examples

  • The Museum of Fine Arts at Boston also obtained in 1914 a masterpiece surreptitiously excavated and smuggled out of Crete, an exquisite gold and ivory statuette of the snake goddess or her votary.

  • A grown-up daughter might wish to become a votary, perhaps in preference to an uncongenial marriage, and it seems that her father could not refuse her wish.

  • We here catch a glimpse of the circumstances which were winning over good men to monasticism in the West, though the evidence of an enthusiastic votary of the solitary life, such as Severus was, is probably not free from exaggeration.

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Words Starting With

VVOVOT

Words Ending With

YRYARY

Unscrambles

votary

Words Starting With V and Ending With Y

Starts With V & Ends With YStarts With VO & Ends With YStarts With V & Ends With RY

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With Y