votaress

American  

[voh-ter-is] / ˈvoʊ tər ɪs /

noun

Now Rare.

1. a woman who is a votary.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of votaress

First recorded in 1580–90; votar(y) + -ess

Example Sentences

Upon one occasion it chanced that he made a visit in disguise to Whalley Abbey, and, passing the little hermitage near the church, beheld the votaress who tenanted it.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

He, aided by the goddess, and a votaress of her order whom the goddess deputes, avails himself of the noble prize's most susceptible side, "And marches off, his Grace's secretary."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various

Thaisa, thinking Pericles dead, becomes a votaress at Diana's temple.

From William Shakespeare by Masefield, John

With solemn tread and holy-stoled, star-bound, The Night steps in, sad votaress, like a nun, To pace lone corridors of th' ebon-archéd sky.

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

Pure votaress she shone with light Of fervent zeal and holy rite.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)