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Meaning of "votaress" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF VOTARESS

ˈvəʊtərɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOTARESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Votaress is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES VOTARESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Religious vows

Religious vows are the public vows made by the members of religious communities pertaining to their conduct, practices and views. In the Buddhist tradition, in particular within the Mahayana and Vajrayana tradition, many different kinds of religious vows are taken by the lay community as well as by the monastic community, as they progress along the path of practice. In the monastic tradition of all schools of Buddhism the Vinaya expounds the vows of the fully ordained Nuns and Monks. In the Christian tradition, such public vows are made by the religious life – cenobitic and eremitic – of the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Eastern Orthodox Churches, whereby they confirm their public profession of the Evangelical Counsels or Benedictine equivalent. They are regarded as the individual's free response to a call by God to follow Jesus Christ more closely under the action of the Holy Spirit in a particular form of religious living. A person who lives a religious life according to vows they have made is called a votary or a votarist. The religious vow, being a public vow, is binding in Church law.

Definition of votaress in the English dictionary

The definition of votaress in the dictionary is a devoted female adherent of a religion, cause, leader, pursuit, etc. Other definition of votaress is a female, such as a nun, who has dedicated herself to religion by taking vows.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOTARESS

avarice · caryopteris · Charteris · clitoris · Crateris · doctoress · electoress · heiress · iberis · licorice · liquorice · mayoress · naris · porteress · rectoress · satyress · sorceress · Sybaris · tutoress · writeress

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOTARESS

votable · votaries · votary · vote · vote down · vote of censure · vote of confidence · vote of no confidence · vote of non-confidence · vote of thanks · vote-catching · vote-loser · vote-winner · voteable · voteen · voteless · voter · voter registration · voter registration card · voting

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOTARESS

A-line dress · act of congress · actress · address · at the press · caress · cocktail dress · congress · contact address · dress · express · in progress · IP address · Member of Congress · mistress · press · progress · stress · the press · vicaress

Synonyms and antonyms of votaress in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «votaress» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOTARESS

Find out the translation of votaress to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of votaress from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «votaress» in English.
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votaress
1,325 millions of speakers
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votaress
570 millions of speakers
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votaress
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votaress
380 millions of speakers
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votaress
280 millions of speakers
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монахиня
278 millions of speakers
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votaress
270 millions of speakers
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স্ত্রী ব্রতী
260 millions of speakers
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vortex
220 millions of speakers
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Votaress
190 millions of speakers
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votaress
180 millions of speakers
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votaress
130 millions of speakers
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votaress
85 millions of speakers
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Votaress
85 millions of speakers
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người hâm mộ
80 millions of speakers
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votaress
75 millions of speakers
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वाऊटर
75 millions of speakers
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kendini adamış olan kadın
70 millions of speakers
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devota
65 millions of speakers
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votaress
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монахиня
40 millions of speakers
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votaress
30 millions of speakers
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votaress
15 millions of speakers
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votaress
14 millions of speakers
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votaress
10 millions of speakers
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votaress
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of votaress

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOTARESS»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of votaress
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about votaress

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOTARESS»

Discover the use of votaress in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to votaress and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women in Shakespeare: A Dictionary
Samuel Crowl, 'A World Elsewhere: Shakespeare's Roman Plays onFilm and Television' (1994: 162) notes IreneWorth's performance on theBBC TV version. votaress,(a)afemale votary, awoman devoted toa religious life or to a special saint.
Alison Findlay, 2014
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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
The baby's mother was herself a “votaress” like Hermia and like Diana, and, like them, a point of mediation between mortal and immortal worlds. Titania dramatises a moment in a friendship which, natural, human and playful as it was, was also ...
Harold Bloom, 2010
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Empire of Gold: Foundations
And it seems to me that you, too, were appointed to your office, votaress.” “I inherited my office, and Umakishtar, an expedient man, saw fit to recognize that.” A thousand replies ran through his head but all went wisely unexpressed. “ Votaress ...
Jo Amdahl, 2014
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The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of ...
8 Report i 6"To this effect: The scribe Patjauemdiamun of the House9 of the Votaress of Amun10 has come. 7He has arrived in Elephantine in order to demand the grain which has been fixed" for the House of the Votaress of Amun 8and he ...
Bezalel Porten, 1996
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The Ocean Queen, and Other Poems
FASHION'S. VOTARESS. 1 KNEW her when, as fairy light, She 'mid the scenes of childhood stray'd, When o'er her laughing eyes so bright, The sunny ringlets wildly play'd ; Then, all was artless joy and peace, \Vithin her gently heaving breast ...
Henry Gardiner Adams, 1836
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Sexual Types: Embodiment, Agency, and Dramatic Character ...
Referring to the votaress's womb as “rich with my young squire,” Titania erases the reproductive agency of a biological father, just as Theseus elides the reproductive agency of Hermia's biological mother in the fantasy of male parthenogenesis ...
Mario DiGangi, 2011
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Midsummer Night's Dream: Critical Essays
Her private memory of the changeling's mother also functions as a judicial defense based on the hierarchical relation between Titania and her votaress. While Leonard Barkan has discussed the connection between rhetoric and sodomy in the ...
Dorothea Kehler, 2012
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Desdemona: the magnifico's child. Meg and Alice; the merry ...
Mary Cowden Clarke. ISABELLA ; THE VOTARESS. TALE VI. ISABELLA ; THE VOTARESS. “ A thing ensky'd,
Mary Cowden Clarke, 1891
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, Edward Capell, George Steevens, Richard Farmer, Nicholas Rowe. His woful queen leave at Ephesus, Unto Diana there a votaress l. Now to Marina bend your mind, ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Alexander Pope, 1821
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The Bible and Western Culture
If a citizen has taken a priestess-wife, and that priestess has given a bondmaid to her husband and she has borne children, if that man plan to take a votaress (as concubine), they shall not give that citizen permission, a votaress he may not ...
Dr. Sam Armato, 2014

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOTARESS»

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Giove in Argo review – seductive rare revival of Handel's recycled …
Giove (Jupiter) pursues the nymph Calisto through a forest sacred to Diana, whose votaress Calisto has become. She, however, is also being pursued by her ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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Wordplay Shakespeare: ebooks that make ye olde Shakespearean …
But it will certainly be a huge help when you're pushing midnight, trying to help your kid make sense of what Oberon meant by imperial votaress. Yeah, this is ... «Cool Mom Tech, Jan 14»
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Under the Crescent Moon: The Huntress as (Angry) Object of Desire
(“Swan Lake” and “The Sleeping Beauty” feature the two best-known examples.) Aminta, of course, falls in love with Sylvia at first sight, and she, chaste votaress ... «New York Times, Jun 09»
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