Votary

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person bound by vows to live a life of religious worship or service.
  • noun. A devout adherent of a cult or religion; a committed worshiper.
  • noun. A person who is fervently devoted, as to a leader or ideal; a faithful follower.
  • noun. A person who is filled with enthusiasm, as for a pursuit or hobby; an enthusiast.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consecrated by a vow or promise; also, consequent on a vow; devoted; votive.
  • noun. One who is devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, more generally, one who is devoted, given, or addicted to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
  • noun. One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made
  • noun. A devotee of a particular religion or cult
  • noun. A devout or zealous worshipper
  • noun. Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc; an enthusiast.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
  • noun. one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
  • noun. a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
  • Word Usage
    "Moily, who's credited with streamlining engineering admission process structure in Karnatata (where caste-based reservations for various OBC communities often posed a systemic problem, until Moily, as then chief minister, streamlined the process), has also been known as a votary of caste-based census."
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