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votary n. 热心者,崇拜者,支持者,信徒 热心者,崇拜者,支持者,信徒 votary n 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" 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. [ 1913 Webster] Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster]
Votary \ Vo" ta* ry\, n.; pl. { Votaries}. 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. " You are already love' s firm votary." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] ' T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was in fault. -- Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster] But thou, my votary, weepest thou? -- Emerson. [ 1913 Webster] 142 Moby Thesaurus words for " votary": 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
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