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• votress

Noun

votaress ‎(plural votaresses)

1. A female votary.
   • 1931, Robert E. Howard, ‘The Black Stone’:

     Madness grew in the eyes of the capering votaress and was reflected in the eyes of the watchers.

   • 2009 July 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Under the Crescent Moon: The Huntress as (Angry) Object of Desire”, in New York Times:

     Aminta, of course, falls in love with Sylvia at first sight, and she, chaste votaress of Diana, is outraged.

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