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

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Example Sentences

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votaress

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

From William Shakespeare by John Masefield

The mother-superior took the votaress at her word, and left her then and there.

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

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 William Harrison Ainsworth

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 William Harrison Ainsworth

Mrs. Verne was in every sense a votaress to the world's caprice, yet she was not devoid of insight.

From Marguerite Verne by Rebecca Agatha Armour

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