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Recent Examples of votary But the fate of the votary is to require and receive a constant renewal of faith. 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
  • After the Great Black Migration in the 1920s, our city was one of the centers of the Ku Klux Klan’s revival as the strongest populist movement of the decade, claiming 5 million adherents, with 50,000 in Chicago alone.
    Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • To adherents, Nakamoto is considered a hero who empowered individuals to take back control of money.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With 254,000 followers on Instagram, Bambi is well-loved by her online community—something that gives her owner joy.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The mother-daughter business, which boasts more than 17,000 Instagram followers, began in 2024 when Sara Janusik thought of starting a mobile coffee shop.
    Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Over 20 years, Belichick disciples became prone to treating players as disposable assets instead of human beings they are supposed to both employ and empower.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The list of actors playing Jesus and his disciples includes Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Victor Garber, Andrea Martin and Dave Thomas, plus musical director Paul Shaffer, all of whom would go on to have renowned careers on stage and screen.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Votary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/votary. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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