Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Votary

Votary , adjective

[From Latin 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

Votary ({not transcribed}) , noun

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. — Shakespeare
'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was in fault. — Bp. Fell
But thou, my votary, weepest thou? — Emerson