1. votary - Noun
2. votary - Adjective
Consecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
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.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty. Georg Brandes
I was positively stunned and have straight away become a votary of Mathura art to the exclusion of all the other and later schools. Amrita Sher-Gil
Ascribing human brotherhood, social justice, world peace, self-sacrifice and compassion to Christianity and Islam is tantamount to proclaiming that the wolf is a votary of vegetarianism. Sita Ram Goel