English noun: votary |
1. | votary (person) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service |
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| Samples | Monasteries of votaries.
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| Broader (hypernym) | religious |
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2. | votary (person) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult |
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| Samples | A votary of Aphrodite.
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| Broader (hypernym) | non-Christian priest, priest |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | bacchant, bacchante, vestal virgin |
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3. | votary (person) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity |
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| Samples | The cultured votary of science.
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| Broader (hypernym) | adherent, disciple |
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