votaress
Americannoun
Gender
See -ess.
Etymology
Origin of votaress
Example Sentences
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My misfortunes commenced long before I was called sister Ursula, or secluded as a votaress within these walls.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Sir Walter Scott
Slain, eaten by the giant press, Or stolen is the votaress, Nor could her virtue bring defence To Sítá seized and hurried hence.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
This was the fair votaress, Isole de Heton, who brought such scandal on the Abbey in the reign of Henry VI.
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
Thither his the votaress eunuchs with an emulous alacrity.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
Pure votaress she shone with light Of fervent zeal and holy rite.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
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