votary

n. admirer, devotee; worshiper

Noun
1. one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service; "monasteries of votaries"
(hypernym) religious
2. a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
(hypernym) priest, non-Christian priest
(hyponym) vestal virgin
3. a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"
(hypernym) disciple, adherent

(n.)
One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise; hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some particular service, worship, study, or state of life.
  

(a.)
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
  

Synonyms and related words:
Christian, God-fearing man, Maecenas, abettor, accepter, addict, adherent, admirer, adorer, advocate, aficionado, amateur, angel, apologist, appendage, aspirant, aspirer, attendant, backer, beadsman, believer, booster, buff, candidate, catechumen, cavaliere servente, celebrant, champion, chapelgoer, churchgoer, churchite, churchman, collector, communicant, congregation, convert, courtier, coveter, creature, daily communicant, dangler, defender, dependence, dependent, desirer, devotee, devotionalist, dilettante, disciple, dummy, encourager, endorser, evangelist, exponent, fan, fanatic, fancier, favorer, figurehead, flunky, follower, following, freak, friend at court, gillie, good Christian, goon, groupie, habitue, hanger-on, hankerer, henchman, homme de cour, hopeful, hound, idolater, idolizer, jackal, lackey, lover, mainstay, maintainer, man, minion, myrmidon, neophyte, paranymph, parasite, partisan, patron, petitioner, pietist, prayer, promoter, proselyte, protagonist, public, puppet, pursuer, pursuivant, receiver, reliance, religionist, revivalist, rooter, saint, satellite, second, seconder, sectary, shadow, sider, solicitant, sponsor, stalwart, standby, stooge, successor, suitor, suppliant, supplicant, supplicator, support, supporter, sustainer, sycophant, sympathizer, tagtail, tail, theist, thug, trainbearer, truster, upholder, venerator, wanter, ward heeler, well-wisher, wisher, worshiper, yearner, zealot
  

votary /'voutəri/
danh từ người tôn thờ; người sùng tín, kẻ sùng đạoa votary of Buddha: một người sùng Phật người sốt sắng, người nhiệt tâma votary of peace: người sốt sắng với hoà bìnha votary of science: người nhiệt tâm với khoa học người hâm mộ, người ham thích (mỹ thuật, thể thao...)a votary of football: người ham thích bóng đá
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