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

With a wicked votaress, who has been dead nearly a couple of centuries," interposed Sir Ralph; "and who, by her sinful life, merited the punishment she is said to have incurred.

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

Indeed, my brave votaress, there is something that disturbs me in the directness of that question, something ominous in those words, give my life.

From The Jessica Letters: An Editor's Romance by More, Paul Elmer

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)

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

"Surely, daughter," said the abbess, gently as with her own hand she opened the door and led her votaress into the room.

From The Lost Lady of Lone by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte