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votary

英['vəʊt(ə)rɪ] 美['votəri]
  • n. 崇拜者;出家人
  • adj. 立誓任圣职的;誓约的

英英释意


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"