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votary
vo·ta·ry
 ,
n., pl. -ries,
adj.
–n.
Also, vo  ta·rist.
1. a person who is
bound by solemn religious vows, as a monk or a nun. 2. an
adherent of a religion or cult; a worshiper of a particular deity or
sacred personage. 3. a person who is devoted or addicted to
some subject or pursuit: a votary of jazz. 4. a
devoted follower or admirer.
–adj.
5. consecrated by
a vow. 6. of or pertaining to a vow.
[1540–50; < L v ōt(um)
a VOW
+ -ARY]
—Syn.3. buff, fan,
admirer, devotee. (Random
House Webster's Unabridged).
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The VHP and RSS believe that
Mr Advani is a more reliable votary of Hindu nationalism than
Mr Vajpayee.--Mr Advani is the ideological mascot of the VHP and RSS -
he is seen as someone who may make tactical adjustments for the sake
of running a coalition but would not compromise on fundamental
beliefs.——
Satish Jacob for BBC;
Analysis: BJP swings to the Right;
July 01, 2001
He followed with evident amusement the surprised glance which Wyant turned on the young girl's impassive figure.--"Sybilla," he pursued, "is a
votary of the arts; she has inherited her fond father's passion for the unattainable. Luckily, however, she also recently inherited a tidy legacy from her grandmother; and having seen the Leonardo, on which its discoverer had placed a price far beyond my reach, she took a step which deserves to go down to history: she invested her whole inheritance in the
purchase of the picture, thus enabling me to spend my closing years in communion
with one of the world's masterpieces. My dear sir, could Antigone do more?"——
Edith Wharton;
The House of the Dead Hand;
The Atlantic; August 1904
The smile of the June sky touched her lips, the morning
red seemed to linger on her cheek, and in her eye arose a light
kindled by the shimmer of that broad sea of gold; for Nature rewarded
her young votary well, and gave her beauty, when she offered
love. How long she leaned there Debby did not know; steps from below
roused her from her reverie, and led her back into the world again.
Smiling at herself, she stole to bed, and lay wrapped in waking dreams
as changeful as the shadows dancing on her chamber-wall.——
Louisa May
Alcott, 'Debby's
Debut'; August 1863
It must be remembered that
undisguised atrocities on a stupendous scale... would be too strong
for the stomach of even the most brutalized people, and would tend to
bring war into discredit with all but its monomaniac votaries.——
"The Idea of a League of Nations," The Atlantic, February 1919
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