Votary

(noun.) a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; 'the cultured votary of science'.

(noun.) a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; 'a votary of Aphrodite'.

(noun.) one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; 'monasteries of votaries'.

黛博拉编辑

• A votary of the Snake Goddess. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Seeing him draw nigh, burying his broad wheels in the oppressed soil--I, the prostrate votary--felt beforehand the annihilating craunch. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• He loves the idol he serves, and prays day and night that his frenzy may be fed, and that the Ox-eyed may smile on her votary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The Mithraist votary actually bathed in the blood of the sacrificial bull, and was born again thereby. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was a man undegraded, the disciple of reason, _not_ the votary of sense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Chariot and demon charioteer were gone by; the votary still lived. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Release me from the dry concern Of listening to their moaning, And from your votary ever turn Old dames with cholic groaning! 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

编辑:路易斯