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热心者,崇拜者,支持者,信徒

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Votaries}.
   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. ``You
   are already love's firm votary.'' --Shak.

         'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was
         in fault.                                --Bp. Fell.

         But thou, my votary, weepest thou?       --Emerson.

Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, a. [From L. votus, p. p. vovere to vow, to
   devote. See {Vote}, {Vow}.]
   Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow;
   devoted; promised.

         Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom.
                                                  --Bacon.

资料来源 : WordNet®

votary
     n 1: one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or
          service; "monasteries of votaries"
     2: a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a
        non-Christian religion or cult; "a votary of Aphrodite"
     3: a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or
        person or activity; "the cultured votary of science"