different between habitue vs votary

English

Noun

habitue (plural habitues)

1. Alternative spelling of habitué

Anagrams

• Thibeau

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /a.bi.ty/
• Homophones: habituent, habitues

Verb

habitue

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of habituer
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of habituer
3. second-person singular imperative of habituer

Portuguese

Verb

habitue

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of habituar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of habituar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of habituar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of habituar

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