votary
- n one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service
- n a priest or priestess (or consecrated worshipper) in a non-Christian religion or cult
a votary of Aphrodite - n a devoted (almost religiously so) adherent of a cause or person or activity
the cultured votary of science
- While in London he worked hard, practiced the art of oratory, was "a constant votary of the play.
- But Rehnquist didn't turn out to be a conservative votary.
- To an admiring friend, Rachel Carson, 56, was "a nun of nature, a votary of all outdoors.