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votive, a. and n.|ˈvəʊtɪv|
[ad. L. vōtīv-us performed, offered, etc., in consequence of a vow, f. vōt-um vow vote n. Hence also It., Sp., Pg. votivo, F. votif, -ive.]
A. adj.
†1. Of persons: Carrying out a vow; devout. Obs. rare.
1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 57 That Sepulchre you see is but a thing built vp by Saracens to get mony with, and beguile votiue Christians.
2. a. Dedicated, consecrated, offered, erected, etc., in consequence of, or in fulfilment of, a vow.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vi. xxx. §2. 126 Which votiue Altar was erected by the Troupe of Horsemen surnamed Augusta Gordiana. 1616B. Jonson Poetaster, Dial. Hor. & Treb. 57 So that the old man's life described, was seen As in a votive table in his lines. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §23. 400 Those Last Dying words..wherein he required his friends to offer a Votive Cock for him to æsculapius. 1702Addison Dial. Medals (1726) 136 Sacred to Mars these votive spoils proclaim The fate of Asdrubal, and Scipio's fame. 1756–7tr. Keysler's Trav. (1760) II. 230 A marble boat placed before the church, and said to be a votive piece, as an acknowledgement for deliverance in a storm. 1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 152 The jewels given as votive offerings. 1820W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 233 It is a pious custom,..to honour the memory of saints by votive lights burnt before their pictures. 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 343 In a third class, which embraces most of the votive pictures, the Virgin and Child are exhibited in glory. 1853Humphreys Coin-coll. Man. xxiv. 357 The altars for Apollo were besieged with votive offerings for the staying of the pestilence.
b. Observed, practised, undertaken, etc., in consequence of a vow.
1628Feltham Resolves ii. [i.] lxxxv. 246 Votiue Abstinence, some cold constitutions may endure. 1805Wordsw. Prelude i. 181 Whence inspiration for a song that winds Through ever changing scenes of votive quest Wrongs to redress. 1876Stedman Victorian Poets 397 A knight tilting at a wayside tournament as he rides on his votive quest.
c. Of the nature of a vow. rare—1.
a1626A. Lake Serm. (1641) 116 The King bindeth himselfe to make good his duty with a Votive Oath.
3. a. Consisting in, expressive of, a vow, desire, or wish.
1597Middleton Wisd. Solomon ix. 8 When I command, the people do obey, Submissive subjects to my votive will. 1629J. Gaule (title), Practiqve Theories: or, Votiue Speculations upon Christs Prediction, Incarnation, Passion, Resurrection. 1641Sanderson Serm. (1689) 537 The sence hangeth unperfect, unless we take in the former verse too. Both together contain a Votive Prayer or Benediction. 1824Wordsw. ‘O for a dirge’ 9 No tears of passionate regret Shall stain this votive lay. 1835― To Moon 34 The fanes Extinct that echoed to the votive strains.
†b. = votal a. 1. Obs.—1
1664Jer. Taylor Dissuas. Popery i. ii. §1 80 A man, by contrition is not reconcil'd to God, without their Sacramental or Ritual penance, actual or votive.
4. votive mass (see quot. 1881).
1738Chambers Cycl. s.v. Mass, Votive Mass, is an extraordinary Mass besides that of the day, rehearsed on some extraordinary occasion. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. 161 The Catholic priest will find in his Missal..those votive Masses as they were..allotted each one to its own day of the week, by Alcuin. 1881Bridgett Hist. Holy Eucharist I. 200 Masses have also been composed for special occasions, and are called votive masses, because said according to the votum, i.e. the intention or desire of the celebrant.
B. n. A votive offering.
1646Shirley To T. Stanley, A palsy shakes my pen while I intend A votive to thy muse. 1975Y. Yadin Hazor iv. 61 We found..an elevated rectangular platform that looked like an open high place, or bamah, where the votives..were laid. 1976Scotsman 27 Dec. 7/4 Archaeologists have recently dug up 8395 such terra cotta votives, as they are called.
Hence ˈvotively adv., in a votive manner.
1847Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 237 Fruits placed votively on the shrine. |