votary

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noun

1. one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- monasteries of votaries
• Hypernyms:
religious
2. a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
- a votary of Aphrodite
• Hypernyms:
priest, non-Christian priest
• Hyponyms:
vestal virgin, bacchant, bacchante
3. a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
- the cultured votary of science
• Hypernyms:
disciple, adherent