votary

• 1.--PAGANISM AND CHRISTIANITY--THE IDEAS OF DUTY AND HOLINESS The Pagan God could have perfect peace with his votary, and yet could have no tendency to draw that votary to himself. —  The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 1
• The votary, again, might drink or besprinkle himself with the blood of a slaughtered victim or of the priests themselves, in which case the prevailing idea was that the liquid circulating in the veins was a vivifying principle capable of imparting a new existence. —  The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism
• The pope alone could release the votary, and he took good care to make the price heavy in the acknowledgment of his authority By sending legates to every country to preach the Crusades, the authority of the pope was also greatly advertised and augmented. —  Peter the Hermit A Tale of Enthusiasm
• In future I shall become what is called a votary, and shall cut down my spirits to the narrowest limit That would be running to the opposite extreme, Hallett. —  Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti
• In the full tide of his greatness the time came for him to die: Apollo interposed for his chief votary, and won from the Fates that he might die by substitute. —  Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy

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