votary
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Substantiivi
votary englanniksi
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
(RQ:Bacon Essayes)
A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made.
A devout or zealous worshipper.
(syn)
(quote-book) But it is not simply of the progress of luxury that we have to complain: did its votaries keep in their own sphere of thoughtless dissipation, we might despise them without emotion; but the frivolous pursuits of pleasure are mingled with the most important concerns of the state; (..)
(RQ:Thackeray Pendennis)
(quote-book)
(RQ:Joyce Ulysses)
A loyal supporter or devoted admirer of a person or institution.