votary in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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A person who lives a religious life according to vows they have made is called a votary or a votarist.
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An adult daughter might wish to become a votary, perhaps in preference to an uncongenial marriage, and it seems that her father could not refuse her wish.
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He was a life-long votary of free press and believed in cultivating readership through quality writing and honest, fact-based journalism.
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Antiquity, like every other quality that attracts the notice of mankind, has undoubtedly votaries that reverence it, not from reason, but from prejudice.
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To her votaries, she is the "behen", the eternal sister, an object of affection and trust.
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Curiously, the latter deities do seem to respond to their votary.
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Incidentally, the votaries of dissent in our country are, in reality, most intolerant of dissents to their views themselves.
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Let the votaries of all religions appeal to the reason of their fellow-creatures and let him who has truth on his side prevail.
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The odd thing is that neither he nor his votaries denied this.
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The devils will teach their votaries to argue with you.
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