votary

“He was a colossus, a true votary of ahimsa,” Lal wrote, “and a very compassionate man.”

But Asha Devi, a huge votary of capital punishment, insists that it was justified.

It was in these terms that Bonheur described herself in the interview: “Art is an absorbent — a tyrant. It demands heart, brain, soul, body, the entireness of his votary,” she said.

From the Revolution forward, as Cheney outlines, its votaries promoted the intellectual depth and known virtues of those with recognizable surnames and long family legacies.

To votaries of Hindutva, the country is best served if it is expunged of Islam.