votary
英 ['vəʊt(ə)rɪ]
美['votəri]
- n. 敬仰者；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"