Every seven years the Exposition of the Great Relics takes place; and then the pilgrims, drawn by faith, are added to the thousands of votaries at the shrine of fashion who annually flock to the dear old city.
Is it then likely that the science of our own day will escape the common doom; that the minds of its votaries will never look old-fashioned to the grandchildren of the latter?
Here, instead of beholding the Ministers of Peace, I found myself encircled by the multitudinous votaries of War.
We must not dismiss this subject without recording a species of mantle much celebrated in romance, and which must have tried the skill and patience of the fairvotaries of the needle to the uttermost.
It was no uncommon circumstance for three years to be spent even by these assiduous and indefatigable votaries of the needle on one garment.
I indeed tasted the last bitter cup, and is it here where thou reunitest thy votariesafter death!
Need there be any better confirmation of the assertion that the rich are greater votaries of the crime of abortion than the poor?
The faro table stands across the room at the southern end, and is the most popular resort of the guests, though some of the other games find their votaries in other parts of the room.
To support this greedy mob, offerings flowed in in a constant stream from votaries and from visitors, who contributed sometimes money, sometimes statues and works of art.
Its votaries do not eat to their liking nor drink to their thirst.
Its votaries are those sorts of rebels who invariably make their minds not their friends but their accomplices.
The votaries of the "deformed thief, Fashion," did not then herd together as now.
I ceased not the votaries of love and of passion to cross and gainsay, Till I too must taste of its sweet and its bitter, its gladness and woe.
Thou, that for loving censurest thevotaries of love, Canst thou assain a heart diseased or heal a cankered brain?
They were Christians, (they cried,) and orthodox Catholics; the sincere votaries of the holy and undivided Trinity.
The persecution of images and their votaries separated Rome and Italy from the Byzantine throne, and prepared the restoration of the Roman empire in the West.
Their votaries have exhausted the bitterness of religious gall, in their portrait of this spotted panther, this antichrist, this flying dragon of the serpent's seed, who surpassed the vices of Elagabalus and Nero.
It can be applied to a great variety of devices, diamonds and vandykes for example, and many others which will suggest themselves to the fair votaries of this delightful art.
Crochet has been long known, but it has only become a favorite with the fair votaries of the needle, during the last few years.
The room was commonly emptied after that, or only left in possession of a very few and persevering votaries of pleasure.
Of course there were votaries of pleasure of all ranks there--rakish young surgeons, fast young clerks and commercialists, occasional dandies of the Guard regiments, and the rest.
Giles, that gentle hermit who screened the wounded hind from its pursuers, and gave an eternal reproof to the votariesof the hunt.
But the votaries of this Divine Philosophy aspired to imitate a purer and more perfect model.
The votariesof Serapis, whose strength and numbers were much inferior to those of their antagonists, rose in arms at the instigation of the philosopher Olympius, [45] who exhorted them to die in the defence of the altars of the gods.
The frequenters of the place were mostly women; the few of the other sex were either old and feeble men, or such objects of compassion as traded on the pious feelings of the votaries so opportunely evoked.
The victim is an acceptable sacrifice to the goddess Davee, who by some classes is supposed to eat the lifeless body, and thus save her votaries the necessity of concealing it.
Then she gathered her votaries about her, and for the first time clearly enunciated her gospel to the world.
She drew her votaries chiefly from the conventual order that had gathered about the great cathedral on Morningside Heights; for the Christian religion had experienced a great change since the revolution.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "votaries" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
