as in adherent
one who follows the opinions or teachings of another
a votary of the religious leader
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Recent Examples of votary
But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith.
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Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Many remember the Cultural Revolution as a time of Red Guard excess—of the people terrorizing the votaries of the party.
—Mary Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
The Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker has long been a loud votary of progress.
—Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2018
Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
Many remember the Cultural Revolution as a time of Red Guard excess—of the people terrorizing the votaries of the party.
—Mary Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
The Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker has long been a loud votary of progress.
—Samuel Moyn, The New Republic, 19 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for votary
Noun
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Its adherents numbered in the tens of thousands in 2018 and surged to millions by 2020.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
17 May 2025
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She was born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, and left Russia with many other adherents of Hasidism on the famous escape trains to Poland.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Emilie Kiser has more than three million followers on TikTok and one million followers on Instagram.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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The club has four million followers on Instagram — double that of Sunday’s fellow finalists, United — and over 800k followers on TikTok.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Gaudium et Spes, 22), finally appearing to his disciples after the resurrection with his glorious body.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
9 May 2025
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Friedman, a Frank Lloyd Wright disciple, was head of the UC Berkeley School of Architecture at the time the house was built.—
Pueng Vongs,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Votary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/votary. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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