votress

American  

[voh-tris] / ˈvoʊ trɪs /

noun

Archaic.

1. a votaress.

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Example Sentences

Then lead, calm votress, where some sheety lake Cheers the lone heath, or some time hallowed pile,     Or upland fallows gray     Reflect its last cool gleam.

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Thy Votress from my tender Years I am,

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These lines are substituted for the better lines— "Then lead, dear votress, where some sheety lake Cheers the lone heath, or some time-hallow'd pile, Or upland fallows grey Reflect the last cool gleam."

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Of those of the Begines was our Fair Votress.

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Housemaid and Kitchen Linen.—The next subject to which the attention of the votress of plain needlework ought to be directed, is the preparation of housemaid and kitchen linen.

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