Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Votary \Vo"ta*ry\, n.; pl. {Votaries}.
   One devoted, consecrated, or engaged by a vow or promise;
   hence, especially, one devoted, given, or addicted, to some
   particular service, worship, study, or state of life. ``You
   are already love's firm votary.'' --Shak.

         'T was coldness of the votary, not the prayer, that was
         in fault.                                --Bp. Fell.

         But thou, my votary, weepest thou?       --Emerson.