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votary

vo·tary

UK/ˈvəʊtəri/ US/ˈvoʊdəri/ uncommon

noun

1.

one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service

  • “monasteries of votaries”
2.

a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult

  • “a votary of Aphrodite”
3.

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

  • “the cultured votary of science”

Origin

From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).

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