votaries
- plural of votary.
Example Sentences
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Votaries of mystic Belgian Playwright Maurice Maeterlinck may be puzzled to find a wild-west forest fire blazing in the middle of this much publicized screen version of his fantasy, The Blue Bird.
From Time Magazine Archive
Votaries of the cat take a different view.
From Time Magazine Archive
The marble step that to the alter brings The hallowed priests with their clean offerings, Shall hold their names that humbly crave to be Votaries to th' shrine, and grateful friends to thee.
From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard
Before the Throne a splendid Altar stood, Inlaid, in curious forms, with fragrant wood; Whereon the faithful Votaries might lay Their Offerings sacred to the festal day.
From The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad. by Combe, William
But, as I look'd, methought, beneath the gate, Counting her dropping tears, Repentance sat: And as the giddy Votaries return'd, They caught her sorrows, and their follies mourn'd.
From The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad. by Combe, William
