different between apologist vs votary

English

Etymology

apology +? -ist. From French apologiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?l.?.d??st/

Noun

apologist (plural apologists)

1. One who makes an apology.
2. One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
   • 15 October 2019, Aleksandar Hemon, "‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’" in The New York Times

     A genocide denier is an apologist for the next genocide.

Synonyms

• (one who makes an apology): apologizer, apologiser

Related terms

• apologetic
• apologetics
• apologeticism
• apologia
• apologize, apologise
• apologizer, apologiser
• apology

Translations

References

• apologist in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Latin votus, past participle of vovere (“to vow, to devote”).

Adjective

votary (comparative more votary, superlative most votary)

1. Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Custom and Education

     Votary resolution is made equipollent to custom.

Translations

Noun

votary (plural votaries)

1. (religion) A person, such as a monk or nun, who lives a religious life according to vows they have made
2. (religion) A devotee of a particular religion or cult
3. (religion) A devout or zealous worshipper
4. Someone who is devoted to a particular pursuit etc; an enthusiast.
   • 1893, Henry James, Collaboration [1]

     He is such a votary of the modern that he was inevitably interested in the girl of the future and had matched one reform with another, being ready to marry without a penny, as the clearest way of expressing his appreciation, this favourable specimen of the type.

   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Chapter 13

     Gerty was dressed simply but with the instinctive taste of a votary of Dame Fashion for she felt that there was just a might that he might be out.

Translations

Anagrams

• travoy