单词 | votary |
释义 | vo·ta·ry 1. archaic a. < monasteries of votaries under special … rules — John Owen > b. < the votaries … that are vow-fellows with this virtuous duke — Shakespeare > 2. a. < it was a paper for the home … and the female sex became its faithful votaries — John Buchan > < gaming tables, thronged all night by the votaries of chance — Bayard Taylor > b. < this volume … records the scattered yet absorbing talk of master and votary — Gene Baro > 3. a. < cultivate the goodwill of the gods, and so … induce them to bestow their benefits on their votaries — E.O.James > b. < a temple indifferent to the plight of … votaries below — Charlton Agburn > c. < each religious dogma has its votaries > < affluent votaries of the status quo — Hodding Carter > |
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