Definitions:

1. a devoted, almost religiously so, adherent of a cause, person, or activity noun
   • I was frustrated with the votaries of the new fad diet.
2. a priest or priestess in a non-Christian religion or cult noun
   • I decided to become a votary of Aphrodite.
3. one bound by vows to a religion or life of worship or service noun
   • The votary lived in silence in a faroff abbey.