a. | 1. | Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised. |
n. | 1. | 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. |
Noun | 1. | votary - one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; "monasteries of votaries" |
2. | votary - a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite" | |
3. | votary - a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science" |