votarists

In chantries unrehearsed we'd wow the votarists and serenade the friary to panting ecstasies while summoned to kingly chambers we branked the troubadours, turning the sovereign mind to heaven, the courtiers left speechless with neglect...

Strange Bedfellows Lemon Hound 2009

Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.

Measure for Measure 2004

'Mid ruins heaped around, thou bidst thy votarists wake.

Zophiel A Poem Maria Gowen Brooks

Upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.

Act I. Scene IV. Measure for Measure 1914

“Yes, truly, ” said Isabel, “I speak not as desiring more, but rather wishing a more strict restraint upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.

Measure for Measure 1878

By which one sees how inconsiderate those persons are, who, from the absence of its officious manifestations in the world, complain that there is not much gratitude extant; when the truth is, that there is as much of it as there is of modesty; but, both being for the most part votarists of the shade, for the most part keep out of sight.

The Confidence-Man 1857

By which one sees how inconsiderate those persons are, who, from the absence of its officious manifestations in the world, complain that there is not much gratitude extant; when the truth is, that there is as much of it as there is of modesty; but, both being for the most part votarists of the shade, for the most part keep out of sight.

The Confidence-Man Herman Melville 1855

Its influence predominates universally; and the votarists of _bon ton_, are equally assiduous in the pursuit of their object, whether with the satellites in the gay and volatile regions of the court, or amongst those of 'sober fame' in the mercantile bustle of the city.

Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821) John Badcock 1823

THE fog and rains of November had driven the gay fluttering votarists of fashion from the dreariness of the country, to seek amusement in the ever-varying scenes of London.

Lovers and Friends; or, Modern Attachments 1821

'Yes, truly,' said Isabel: 'I speak not as desiring more, but rather wishing a more strict restraint upon the sisterhood, the votarists of Saint Clare.'

Tales from Shakespeare Mary Lamb 1805