votary

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
  2. noun a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
  3. noun a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity

Etymology

From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).

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