votaryn.

Brit.

/ˈvəʊtəri/, U.S.

/ˈvoʊdəri/

Forms: 1500s votarie, 1500s voterie, 1500s– votary, 1600s votery, 1600s–1700s vot'ry.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin vōt- , vovēre , -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin vōt-, past participial stem of vovēre to vow + -ary suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin votarius (1520 or earlier).

I. Religious uses.

a. A person who has dedicated himself or herself to religious service by taking vows; a monk or nun.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun]

cloisterer1340

religious1340

closterera1400

ruler1399

regular1443

professorc1500

votary1543

conventual1611

religionary1622

conventer1671

conversant1671

conventualist1762

religioner1808

1543 W. Turner Huntyng Romishe Fox 20 A moderation for the pronisshment of the hordom of prestes decones & votaries, that they shuld not be slayn if they were taken in hordom or aduoutri.

1607 Merry Devil Edmonton v. ii. 166 Sirra, ride strait to Chesson Nunry,..the house, I know, By this time misses their yong votary.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 494 The Abuse of Indulgencies, the Folly and Impertinence of Votaries, and in short the Superstition..of the Roman Catholick Religion.

1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 16 So Christianity, corrupted by Gentile philosophy, has in like manner its privileged and its inferior order of votaries.

2018 Rising Nepal (Nexis) 14 Nov. Vikkhus, nuns, Lamas and votaries from 18 countries are taking part in the three-day religious event.

b. A person who has made a particular vow.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows

swearerc1380

beheterc1384

behighterc1475

promiserc1475

vower1546

votary1548

avower?1555

bearer1579

obligee1590

jurora1593

vow-fellow1598

vow-maker1598

stipulator1611

votist1613

plightera1616

voter1621

obligatora1625

obliger1633

promissor1644

promisor1665

sponsor1677

pledger1768

sanctioner1846

pledgee1924

oath-keepera1973

1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. Hiii^v They themselues might, or els haue caused other to vow hys death, as I doubte not but some of theym dyd procure those deuoute votaries, whyche vowed Paules death.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 37 Who are the Votaries my louing Lordes, that are vowfellowes with this vertuous Duke?

1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxviii. 20) 227 And Iacob vowed a vow. The first holy votary that ever we read of.

1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 14 God in answer to his vow removed the distress, and now the votary desires to make good his promise.

2010 I. Flaskerud Visualizing Belief & Piety in Iranian Shiism iii. viii. 177 A reciprocal relationship between the votary and the personage to whom the vow is made.

a. A person who is devoted to a particular religion or belief system. Frequently with of or possessive.

ΚΠ

1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 183^v This one saying of Salomon peruersly vnderstand, did more preuaile (especially among the votaries [L. devotarios] and hypocrites of the straiter religion) then all the promises and consolations of the whole Scripture.

1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 16 No other Religion can give any Security of Life and Happiness to its Votaries.

1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 180 The religion cannot rise above the state of the votary.

1999 Mod. Asian Stud. 33 254 This attitude he maintains throughout his book, especially while reproducing arguments of votaries of one religion against those of another.

b. A person engaged in an act of worship.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper

heryera950

loutera1340

worshipperc1384

honourera1425

praiserc1452

fearer1535

adorer1572

sectary1590

churchgoer1598

thanksgivera1622

votary1639

theophile1647

God-fearer1668

theophilist1677

sacricolist1727

kirk-goer1754

bhakta1828

1639 H. Glapthorne Poëms 44 Humble as Vot'ries, that in Pray'r expire; And Chast as those who never know Desire Was this Religious Dame.

1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 233 In fact, when the votaries came there to pray All said there was nought to compare with it.

1926 Daily Mail 11 June 7/3 Now the possession of this tomb brought many votaries to Crete, and with these votaries came offerings.

2013 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 66 188 A votary summoning the divinity with the sound of a conch shell.

3. A devoted or zealous worshipper of a particular god, goddess, saint, or other person. Frequently with of or possessive. Now chiefly historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > person

votary1576

cultist1898

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [noun] > person

Cananaean1483

votary1576

Canaanite1611

spiritato1613

zealist1614

zelant1624

zeal1631

religionist1651

ecstatic1659

rapturist1665

religioner1808

subject1820

voteen1825

zealator1867

1576 T. Achelley tr. M. Bandello Most Lamentable & Tragicall Hist. sig. Biiii God Mars his votaries, Delight in Trumpets sound, To heare the battering bullet, foorth From Engine to rebound.

1628 H. Burton Tryall Priuate Deuotions sig. C^v They affect at least to weare the Badge of it [sc. devotion] vpon their Sleeue, professing themselues the Votaries of Iesvs.

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 288 Daughters of Jove!.. your votary restore: Oh be some God his convoy to our shore!

1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders II. 211 The Virgin of the Garde Doloureuse, that never failed a votary.

1939 Times of India 18 Feb. 15/2 Votaries of Shiva fast during the day.

2014 Classical Jrnl. 110 223 A true votary of Isis.

II. Secular uses.

4. A person who is devoted or earnestly committed to a particular pursuit, occupation, or subject of study. Frequently with possessive, of, or to specifying the pursuit, occupation, or subject.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > enthusiast for person or thing

votary1594

well-willer1607

lief-hebber1653

enthusiast1748

amateur1771

fanatic1790

red-hot1835

freak1908

hound1926

fan1928

televisionary1928

tifoso1949

person1966

prosumer1987

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. D j I haue liu'd Almost a votarie to wantonnesse.

1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. A4 Quicker eyes then ours, Arch in the browes of loues two votaries.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 52 But wherefore waste I time to counsaile thee That art a votary to fond desire?

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. v. 17 Are you then in earnest a Votary of Truth?

1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. i. i. 14 One of the great sources of delight which the study of natural science imparts to its votaries.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life vi. iv. 218 Science requires a certain inward heat and heroism in her votaries.

1991 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 5 Jan. 2/2 We are votaries to freedom of speech and expression.

2013 Victorian Periodicals Rev. 46 329 The question of what business does, how its demands, rituals, and ideals shape the life script of its votaries.

5. A devoted admirer or loyal supporter of a person or institution. Frequently with possessive, of, or to specifying the person or institution.In quot. 1594 used by the writer to refer to himself in a formal letter addressed to his patron.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves > devotee

worshipperc1450

votary1594

prostitute1624

devote1630

devotist1641

devotee1669

devotionary1671

devil1690

devoté1728

votarist1806

nut1915

addict1919

head1960

the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > enthusiast for person or thing

votary1594

well-willer1607

lief-hebber1653

enthusiast1748

amateur1771

fanatic1790

red-hot1835

freak1908

hound1926

fan1928

televisionary1928

tifoso1949

person1966

prosumer1987

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > devoted

faithful?1555

votary1594

old faithful1648

fanatic1790

aficionado1802

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Aiij Your vertues immoueable Votarie: Tho: Nashe.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 12 I come to prove How much, I've suffer'd for your Love: Which (like your Votary) to win, I have not spar'd my tatter'd skin.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 17 It was not safe for any to live at their Houses, who were taken notice of as no Votaries to the Parliament.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 464 The same virtues gained him a still nobler and more powerful votary; he became, as we have seen, the special friend of Earl Harold.

2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Local section) 19 A fierce battle is raging between the Manmohan Singh government and the votaries of Mao Zedong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

votaryadj.

Brit.

/ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈvoʊdəri/

Forms: 1500s votarye, 1500s–1600s votarie, 1600s– votary.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: votary n.; classical Latin vōtum , -ary suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < votary n.; and partly < classical Latin vōtum vow (see vote n.¹) + -ary suffix¹.

a. Of a person: bound by religious vows, devoted to a religious life. Also more generally: designating a person who has made a particular vow. Now historical.Frequently in votary virgin: a woman or girl who has taken a vow of chastity.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow

religiousa1225

vowed1532

votary1553

votal1606

1553 J. Brooks Serm. Notable Paules Crosse sig. H.vi^v Euen after the same sort my good brothren, you y^t are votarie preistes and haue maried, though not heathen and outlandishe wiues.

1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xix. 37/2 Elie..had in account for the repute and holinesse of Votarie Nunnes, there residing.

1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 122 A woman, who, having designed her daughter to be a votary virgin, without her husbands consent; was by the husbands command moved to alter the childs vailed dresse.

1823 Somerset House Gaz. 11 Oct. 51/2 A Dissertation or Strife between an Amorous Monk and a Votary Virgin.

1952 London Calling 11 Oct. (Western ed.) 11 The grass-floored cells where a votary priest had once lived to serve his god—or goddess—in defiance of the new faith.

†b. Of a person's life: subject to religious vows, devoted to religious service. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow > of mode of life: subject to vows

votary1565

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise > of way of life

votary1565

1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. iii. f. 98 Bernard doth call his votarye life, a lost life.

1642 (title) The English nunne, being a dialogue, wherein the author endeavoureth to draw young and unmarried Catholike gentlewomen to embrace a votary and religious life.

2. That takes the form of or serves the function of a vow; involving a vow. Cf. votive adj. 3c. Now historical and rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective]

votary1582

votivea1626

votal1632

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Had not I foresnaffled my mynde by votarye promise,..Haplye this oane faulty trespas might bring me toe bending.

1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 159 Onelie Superstition is now so well advanced that..votarie resolution is made equipollent to custome.

1637 B. C. Άδελϕομαχια xvii. 114 All which Protestants do maintayne and affirme the votary resolution of the said widowes.

1994 W. J. Dominik Speech & Rhetoric Statius' Thebaid iii. 111 The tone of the votary prayer is pious and marked by a sense of obligation on the part of the suppliant.

3. Designating something offered or consecrated to a god, saint, etc., in fulfilment of a promise that was made in a vow, and typically offered when it is perceived that a request has been granted or a prayer answered. Cf. votive adj. 3a.

ΚΠ

1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers III. viii. 111 It [sc. a monastery] was famed to be exceedingly enriched by the votary gifts of many noble persons.

1987 Observer 15 Feb. 7/6 Schimek's grave was drawing not only pilgrimages but votary offerings imploring Schimek's intervention in heaven to cure sickness or loss.

2006 R. Ciardiello in U. Pappalardo et al. Gulf of Naples 102 Inside the podium, certain rooms were used as favissae or place for votary gifts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	votary
释义	votaryn. Brit. /ˈvəʊtəri/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdəri/ Forms: 1500s votarie, 1500s voterie, 1500s– votary, 1600s votery, 1600s–1700s vot'ry. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin vōt- , vovēre , -ary suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin vōt-, past participial stem of vovēre to vow + -ary suffix¹. Compare post-classical Latin votarius (1520 or earlier). I. Religious uses. 1. a. A person who has dedicated himself or herself to religious service by taking vows; a monk or nun. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] cloisterer1340 religious1340 closterera1400 ruler1399 regular1443 professorc1500 votary1543 conventual1611 religionary1622 conventer1671 conversant1671 conventualist1762 religioner1808 1543 W. Turner Huntyng Romishe Fox 20 A moderation for the pronisshment of the hordom of prestes decones & votaries, that they shuld not be slayn if they were taken in hordom or aduoutri. 1607 Merry Devil Edmonton v. ii. 166 Sirra, ride strait to Chesson Nunry,..the house, I know, By this time misses their yong votary. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 494 The Abuse of Indulgencies, the Folly and Impertinence of Votaries, and in short the Superstition..of the Roman Catholick Religion. 1856 R. A. Vaughan Hours with Mystics (1860) I. 16 So Christianity, corrupted by Gentile philosophy, has in like manner its privileged and its inferior order of votaries. 2018 Rising Nepal (Nexis) 14 Nov. Vikkhus, nuns, Lamas and votaries from 18 countries are taking part in the three-day religious event. b. A person who has made a particular vow. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > one who promises or vows swearerc1380 beheterc1384 behighterc1475 promiserc1475 vower1546 votary1548 avower?1555 bearer1579 obligee1590 jurora1593 vow-fellow1598 vow-maker1598 stipulator1611 votist1613 plightera1616 voter1621 obligatora1625 obliger1633 promissor1644 promisor1665 sponsor1677 pledger1768 sanctioner1846 pledgee1924 oath-keepera1973 1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton sig. Hiii^v They themselues might, or els haue caused other to vow hys death, as I doubte not but some of theym dyd procure those deuoute votaries, whyche vowed Paules death. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost ii. i. 37 Who are the Votaries my louing Lordes, that are vowfellowes with this vertuous Duke? View more context for this quotation 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxviii. 20) 227 And Iacob vowed a vow. The first holy votary that ever we read of. 1872 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David III. Ps. lxvi. 14 God in answer to his vow removed the distress, and now the votary desires to make good his promise. 2010 I. Flaskerud Visualizing Belief & Piety in Iranian Shiism iii. viii. 177 A reciprocal relationship between the votary and the personage to whom the vow is made. 2. a. A person who is devoted to a particular religion or belief system. Frequently with of or possessive. ΚΠ 1575 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians f. 183^v This one saying of Salomon peruersly vnderstand, did more preuaile (especially among the votaries [L. devotarios] and hypocrites of the straiter religion) then all the promises and consolations of the whole Scripture. 1754 Bp. T. Sherlock Disc. (1759) I. i. 16 No other Religion can give any Security of Life and Happiness to its Votaries. 1860 R. W. Emerson Worship in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 180 The religion cannot rise above the state of the votary. 1999 Mod. Asian Stud. 33 254 This attitude he maintains throughout his book, especially while reproducing arguments of votaries of one religion against those of another. b. A person engaged in an act of worship. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > [noun] > worshipper heryera950 loutera1340 worshipperc1384 honourera1425 praiserc1452 fearer1535 adorer1572 sectary1590 churchgoer1598 thanksgivera1622 votary1639 theophile1647 God-fearer1668 theophilist1677 sacricolist1727 kirk-goer1754 bhakta1828 1639 H. Glapthorne Poëms 44 Humble as Vot'ries, that in Pray'r expire; And Chast as those who never know Desire Was this Religious Dame. 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 233 In fact, when the votaries came there to pray All said there was nought to compare with it. 1926 Daily Mail 11 June 7/3 Now the possession of this tomb brought many votaries to Crete, and with these votaries came offerings. 2013 Galpin Soc. Jrnl. 66 188 A votary summoning the divinity with the sound of a conch shell. 3. A devoted or zealous worshipper of a particular god, goddess, saint, or other person. Frequently with of or possessive. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > person votary1576 cultist1898 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > rapture > [noun] > person Cananaean1483 votary1576 Canaanite1611 spiritato1613 zealist1614 zelant1624 zeal1631 religionist1651 ecstatic1659 rapturist1665 religioner1808 subject1820 voteen1825 zealator1867 1576 T. Achelley tr. M. Bandello Most Lamentable & Tragicall Hist. sig. Biiii God Mars his votaries, Delight in Trumpets sound, To heare the battering bullet, foorth From Engine to rebound. 1628 H. Burton Tryall Priuate Deuotions sig. C^v They affect at least to weare the Badge of it [sc. devotion] vpon their Sleeue, professing themselues the Votaries of Iesvs. 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xvii. 288 Daughters of Jove!.. your votary restore: Oh be some God his convoy to our shore! 1825 W. Scott Betrothed xi, in Tales Crusaders II. 211 The Virgin of the Garde Doloureuse, that never failed a votary. 1939 Times of India 18 Feb. 15/2 Votaries of Shiva fast during the day. 2014 Classical Jrnl. 110 223 A true votary of Isis. II. Secular uses. 4. A person who is devoted or earnestly committed to a particular pursuit, occupation, or subject of study. Frequently with possessive, of, or to specifying the pursuit, occupation, or subject. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > enthusiast for person or thing votary1594 votary1594 well-willer1607 lief-hebber1653 enthusiast1748 amateur1771 fanatic1790 red-hot1835 freak1908 hound1926 fan1928 televisionary1928 tifoso1949 person1966 prosumer1987 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. D j I haue liu'd Almost a votarie to wantonnesse. 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. A4 Quicker eyes then ours, Arch in the browes of loues two votaries. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) i. i. 52 But wherefore waste I time to counsaile thee That art a votary to fond desire? View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. i. v. 17 Are you then in earnest a Votary of Truth? 1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. i. i. 14 One of the great sources of delight which the study of natural science imparts to its votaries. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life vi. iv. 218 Science requires a certain inward heat and heroism in her votaries. 1991 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 5 Jan. 2/2 We are votaries to freedom of speech and expression. 2013 Victorian Periodicals Rev. 46 329 The question of what business does, how its demands, rituals, and ideals shape the life script of its votaries. 5. A devoted admirer or loyal supporter of a person or institution. Frequently with possessive, of, or to specifying the person or institution.In quot. 1594 used by the writer to refer to himself in a formal letter addressed to his patron. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > one who loves > devotee worshipperc1450 votary1594 prostitute1624 devote1630 devotist1641 devotee1669 devotionary1671 devil1690 devoté1728 votarist1806 nut1915 addict1919 head1960 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > enthusiasm (for something) > enthusiast for person or thing votary1594 votary1594 well-willer1607 lief-hebber1653 enthusiast1748 amateur1771 fanatic1790 red-hot1835 freak1908 hound1926 fan1928 televisionary1928 tifoso1949 person1966 prosumer1987 the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > devoted faithful?1555 votary1594 old faithful1648 fanatic1790 aficionado1802 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night sig. Aiij Your vertues immoueable Votarie: Tho: Nashe. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 12 I come to prove How much, I've suffer'd for your Love: Which (like your Votary) to win, I have not spar'd my tatter'd skin. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vi. 17 It was not safe for any to live at their Houses, who were taken notice of as no Votaries to the Parliament. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. x. 464 The same virtues gained him a still nobler and more powerful votary; he became, as we have seen, the special friend of Earl Harold. 2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 19 Oct. (Local section) 19 A fierce battle is raging between the Manmohan Singh government and the votaries of Mao Zedong. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). votaryadj. Brit. /ˈvəʊt(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈvoʊdəri/ Forms: 1500s votarye, 1500s–1600s votarie, 1600s– votary. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by conversion. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: votary n.; classical Latin vōtum , -ary suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < votary n.; and partly < classical Latin vōtum vow (see vote n.¹) + -ary suffix¹. 1. a. Of a person: bound by religious vows, devoted to a religious life. Also more generally: designating a person who has made a particular vow. Now historical.Frequently in votary virgin: a woman or girl who has taken a vow of chastity. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow religiousa1225 vowed1532 votary1553 votal1606 1553 J. Brooks Serm. Notable Paules Crosse sig. H.vi^v Euen after the same sort my good brothren, you y^t are votarie preistes and haue maried, though not heathen and outlandishe wiues. 1612 J. Speed Theatre of Empire of Great Brit. i. xix. 37/2 Elie..had in account for the repute and holinesse of Votarie Nunnes, there residing. 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 122 A woman, who, having designed her daughter to be a votary virgin, without her husbands consent; was by the husbands command moved to alter the childs vailed dresse. 1823 Somerset House Gaz. 11 Oct. 51/2 A Dissertation or Strife between an Amorous Monk and a Votary Virgin. 1952 London Calling 11 Oct. (Western ed.) 11 The grass-floored cells where a votary priest had once lived to serve his god—or goddess—in defiance of the new faith. †b. Of a person's life: subject to religious vows, devoted to religious service. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow > of mode of life: subject to vows votary1565 the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] > bound by promise > of way of life votary1565 1565 W. Alley Πτωχομυσεῖον i. iii. f. 98 Bernard doth call his votarye life, a lost life. 1642 (title) The English nunne, being a dialogue, wherein the author endeavoureth to draw young and unmarried Catholike gentlewomen to embrace a votary and religious life. 2. That takes the form of or serves the function of a vow; involving a vow. Cf. votive adj. 3c. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [adjective] votary1582 votivea1626 votal1632 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 65 Had not I foresnaffled my mynde by votarye promise,..Haplye this oane faulty trespas might bring me toe bending. 1612 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 159 Onelie Superstition is now so well advanced that..votarie resolution is made equipollent to custome. 1637 B. C. Άδελϕομαχια xvii. 114 All which Protestants do maintayne and affirme the votary resolution of the said widowes. 1994 W. J. Dominik Speech & Rhetoric Statius' Thebaid iii. 111 The tone of the votary prayer is pious and marked by a sense of obligation on the part of the suppliant. 3. Designating something offered or consecrated to a god, saint, etc., in fulfilment of a promise that was made in a vow, and typically offered when it is perceived that a request has been granted or a prayer answered. Cf. votive adj. 3a. ΚΠ 1803 J. Pickersgill Three Brothers III. viii. 111 It [sc. a monastery] was famed to be exceedingly enriched by the votary gifts of many noble persons. 1987 Observer 15 Feb. 7/6 Schimek's grave was drawing not only pilgrimages but votary offerings imploring Schimek's intervention in heaven to cure sickness or loss. 2006 R. Ciardiello in U. Pappalardo et al. Gulf of Naples 102 Inside the podium, certain rooms were used as favissae or place for votary gifts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1543adj.1553
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