votaress, votress

[Eng. votary: -e .] A female votary; a female devoted to any service, worship, or state of life. "Thy votre from my tender years I am." Dryden: Palamon and Arcite , iii. 225. vō-tar-Ist, s. [Eng. votary ; -ist .] A votary. "A study which every votarist of the dramatic muses ought to pay attention and respect to."- Observer , No. 75.