释义 |
† devoˈtesse Obs. rare. [f. devote n.1 + -ess: cf. devota, dévote.] A female devotee.
1658Bramhall Consecr. Bps. viii. 193 Are not Governants, and Devotesses, besides ordinary maidservants, women?.. Let themselves be Judges whether a Woman a wife, or a Woman a Governant or a Devotesse, be more properly to be ranged under the name. |