Votary

Definitions: Votary

Votary

Noun

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".

Date "votary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Auxiliary	Votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel.
Desire	Lover, amateur, votary, devotee, aspirant, solicitant, candidate, applicant, supplicant; cormorant.
Sensualist	Noun: Sybarite, voluptuary, Sardanaphalus, man of pleasure, carpet knight; epicure, epicurean, gourmet, gourmand; pig, hog; votary of Epicurus, swine of Epicurus; sensualist; Heliogabalus; free liver, hard liver; libertine; hedonist; tragalist.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Votary

English words defined with "votary": bacchant, bacchante ♦ Devotary ♦ Turfite, Turfman ♦ Votaress, Votaries, Votarist. (references)

Etymologies containing "votary": Devotary ♦ Turfite ♦ Votaress, Votarist. (references)

"Votary" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Votary" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	5	157,705

Expression using "votary": votary of music. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "votary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ithtar (believer, following, henchman, proponent). (various references)

Arabic		‏المنذور, ‏المعجب (admirer), ‏المريد (disciple, follower), ‏المدمن شيئا, ‏العابد الورع. (various references)

Bulgarian		монах (cloisterer, friar, monastic, monk, religionary, religious, shaveling), жрец (priest, shaman), привърженик (addict, adherent, believer, follower, hanger-on, henchman, lover, partisan, proselyte, supporter, upholder), последовател (acolyte, adherent, child, disciple, follower, henchman, pursuivant), почитател (admirer, fan, venerator), поклонник (addict, admirer, adorer, idolater, palmer, pilgrim, suitor, worshiper), поддръжник (adherent, advocate, backer, expounder, partisan, supporter, upholder). (various references)

Czech		ctitel (admirer, venerator, worshipper). (various references)

Farsi		پارسا (Devotee, Pious), هواخواه (Devotee, Disciple, Enthusiast, Zealous), زاهد (Ascetic, Devotee, Pious), عابد (Devout), طرفدار (Advocate, Cohort, Partial, Partisan, Party, Proponent), شاگرد (Apprentice, Disciple, Mate, Protege, Pupil, Student). (various references)

French		fervent. (various references)

German		Verehrer (admirer, adorer, beau, votaries, worshiper, worshipers, worshipper, worshippers). (various references)

Greek		καθιερωμένοσ (established, oblate, sanctioned, standard, votarist), λάτρησ (adorer, devotee, votarist, worshiper, worshipper), ταμενόσ (votarist), θιασώτησ (enthusiast, fan, partisan, votarist). (various references)

Hebrew		חסי�" (adherent, devotee, devout, fan, follower, righteous, satellite). (various references)

Hungarian		szerzetes (friar, monastic, monk, regular, religious, shaveling), hívõ (believer, trusting). (various references)

Italian		seguace (adherent, disciple, follower, successor), devoto (acquiescent, attached, be, devoted, devotee, devotional, devout, godly, pious, prayerful, religious, resign oneself, result, staunch). (various references)

Manx		breearreyder (avoucher, oath taker, swearer, vower). (various references)

Pig Latin		otaryvay

Portuguese		sacerdote (clergyman, divine, father, obedientiary, officer, parson, pastor, priest), partidário (acolyte, adept, adherent, backer, follower, friend, obedientiary, partisan, party discipline, Professor, proselyte, pursuivant, retainer, sticker, upholder), entusiasta (devotee, ebullient, enthusiast, enthusiastic, fan, heartwarming, obedientiary, rooter, warm, zealous), devoto (ascetic, devotee, devotional, devout, godly, obedientiary, pia mater, pious, prayerful), defensor (advocate, apologist, champion, defender, defensive, Guardian, keeper, protector, second, upholder, vindicator), cultor (obedientiary). (various references)

Romanian		partizan al unei idei, admirator (admirer, adorer, beau, reverer, suitor, wooer, worshipper), adept (adherent, advocate, backer, champion, dependant, dependent, devotee, disciple, follower, hanger-on, initiate, partisan, proselyte, sectary, supporter, sympathizer, upholder, votarist, zealot). (various references)

Russian		почитатель (venerator). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		posvećenik (dedicator, oblate), onaj koji se zarekao da služi bogu, kaluđer (cowl, friar, monk). (various references)

Spanish		religioso (devout, monk, religious, sacred), devoto (devoted, devotee, devotional, devout, pietistic, prayerful, worshipper). (various references)

Swedish		trogen tjänare. (various references)

Turkish		kendini adamış kimse, ateşli taraftar (enthusiast). (various references)

Ukranian		монах (monk, religious), жрець (oracle, sacrificer), прибічник (advocate, partisan, satellite). (various references)

Vietnamese		người tôn thờ (adorer), người sùng tín, người nhiệt tâm người hâm mộ, kẻ sùng đạo người sốt sắng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Votary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cotari, Gotari, kothary, ooearry, vitay, Vivary, vota, votar, votery, votor. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-o-r-t-v-y"
	-1 letter: ovary.
	-2 letters: arty, arvo, rato, rota, ryot, taro, tora, tory, tray, troy, tyro, vary.
	-3 letters: art, avo, oar, oat, ora, ort, ova, rat, ray, rot, rya, tao, tar, tav, tor, toy, try, var, vat, yar.
	-4 letters: ar, at, ay, or, oy, ta, to, ya, yo.
	Words containing the letters "a-o-r-t-v-y"
	+2 letters: lavatory, overstay, sovranty, vanitory, voracity.
	+3 letters: deviatory, overhasty, overstays, ovulatory, vibratory, voluntary.
	+4 letters: abortively, divinatory, innovatory, invitatory, invocatory, levorotary, ovariotomy, overstayed, revelatory, rotatively, varicosity, voluptuary, vortically.
	+5 letters: anovulatory, antipoverty, clairvoyant, formatively, hortatively, involuntary, normatively, observantly, observatory, operatively, ovariectomy, overanxiety, overpayment, overstaying, valedictory, vectorially, ventilatory, viceroyalty, vindicatory, voluntarily.
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