different between votary vs devoter

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

English

Etymology

devote +? -er

Noun

devoter (plural devoters)

1. One who devotes or commits something to a cause, etc.
   • 1918, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art

     They came forward from the first, unconscripted, free devoters of their energies and abilities to the cause of their King and Country.

2. A worshipper.

Anagrams

• revoted

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

devoter

1. Comparative form of devoot

Anagrams

• toverde, verdoet, voedert

German

Adjective

devoter

1. comparative degree of devot

Adjective

devoter

1. inflection of devot:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural