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

Then came the hermits of the holy wood To see the votaress in her solitude; Grey elders came; though young the maid might seem, Her perfect virtue must command esteem.

From The Birth of the War-God A Poem by Kalidasa by Kalidasa

Then Ráma to the votaress said Whose holy vows were perfected: “Go, lady, where thou fain wouldst be, O thou who well hast honoured me.”

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

All wait for the votaress, but she is detained by a crowd of friends.

From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins

But Janak's child, my lord, stood by, And oft the votaress heaved a sigh.

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

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