votary – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
votary
n.
admirer, devotee; worshiper
Religious vows
Religious vows are the public
vows made by the members of religious communities pertaining to their conduct, practices, and views.
votary
Noun
1. one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; "monasteries of votaries"
(hypernym) religious
2. a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
(hypernym) priest, non-Christian priest
(hyponym) vestal virgin
3. a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"
(hypernym) disciple, adherent
Votary
(n.)
One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
(a.)
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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votary
Synonyms and related words:
Christian, God-fearing man, Maecenas, abettor, accepter, addict, adherent, admirer, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage, aspirant, aspirer, attendant, backer, beadsman, believer, booster, buff, candidate, catechumen, cavaliere servente, celebrant, champion, chapelgoer, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, collector, communicant, congregation, convert, courtier, coveter, creature, daily communicant, dangler, defender, dependence, dependent, desirer, devotee, devotionalist, dilettante, disciple, dummy, encourager, endorser, evangelist, exponent, fan, fanatic, fancier, favorer, figurehead, flunky, follower, following, freak, friend at court, gillie, good Christian, goon, groupie, habitue, hanger-on, hankerer, henchman, homme de cour, hopeful, hound, idolater, idolizer, jackal, lackey, lover, mainstay, maintainer, man, minion, myrmidon, neophyte, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, petitioner, pietist, prayer, promoter, proselyte, protagonist, public, puppet, pursuer, pursuivant, receiver, reliance, religionist, revivalist, rooter, saint, satellite, second, seconder, sectary, shadow, sider, solicitant, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, support, supporter, sustainer, sycophant, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, theist, thug, trainbearer, truster, upholder, venerator, wanter, ward heeler, well-wisher, wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
