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English noun: votary

1. votary (person) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service


SamplesMonasteries of votaries.


Broader (hypernym)religious

2. votary (person) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult


SamplesA votary of Aphrodite.


Broader (hypernym)non-Christian priest, priest


Narrower (hyponym)bacchant, bacchante, vestal virgin

3. votary (person) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity


SamplesThe cultured votary of science.


Broader (hypernym)adherent, disciple









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