votarist

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They left me then when the grey-hooded Even, Like a sad votarist in palmer’s weed, Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phœbus’ wain.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William

For he, great votarist, intent On strictest rule his stern life spent.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)

When the gray-hooded Even, Like a sad votarist in palmer's weed, Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phœbus' wain.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John

Again, idle votarist would easily become idol votarist— `I am no idle votarist.'—Timon, iv.

From Literary Blunders by Wheatley, Henry Benjamin

They left me then when the gray-hooded Even, Like a sad votarist in palmer’s weed, Rose from the hindmost wheels of Phœbus’ wain.

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John