Definition of Votary. Meaning of Votary. Synonyms of Votary

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Definition of Votary

Votary
Votary Vo"ta*ry, a. [From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to devote. See Vote, Vow.] Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom. --Bacon.

Meaning of Votary from wikipedia

- who lives a religious life according to vows they have made is called a votary or a votarist. The religious vow, being a public vow, is binding in Church...
- The Votary of Wealth is a 1799 comedy play by the British writer Joseph George Holman. The original Covent Garden cast included William Thomas Lewis as...
- year's programme, but four of these were cancelled on 23 January 1944. HMS Votary (P29) HMS Vagabond (P18) cancelled HMS Vantage, cancelled 23 January 1944...
- linga is typically present in its sanctum sanctorum and is the focus of votary offerings such as milk, water, flower petals, fruit, fresh leaves, and rice...
- from the Sanskrit word Dasa (Sanskrit: दास) meaning servant, devotee, or votary. "Das" may be inferred to be one who has surrendered to God. The surname...
- Ile Ori (Ori's house) made from the same material and is as large as the votary can afford/want it to be. _______ Ọ̀runmìlà Àgbọnìrègún Ẹlẹ́rí Ìpín Ẹ̀là...
- can also have the following connotations: "servant of god", "devotee," "votary" or "one who has surrendered to God." Dasa may be a suffix of a given name...
- Study. Brill Publications. 1966. p. 234. ISBN 9789004016125 In Gr**** "both votary and god are called Bacchus". Burkert, p. 162. For the initiate as Bacchus...
- contemporaries included Cyril Connolly, who later described him as: [A] votary of the esoteric Eton religion, the kind of graceful, tolerant, sleepy boy...
- burial sites, where the life-force of the saint lingered, to do good for the votary. The vitae et miracula, for impressive miracles were an essential element...