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votary
1. RC Church Eastern Churches a person, such as a monk or nun, who has dedicated himself or herself to religion by taking vows
2. ardently devoted to the services or worship of God, a deity, or a saint


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But Isabella's stance may be accused of rigid and excessive communal regulation since she regards as too lenient the nunnery's rules regarding how votarists may meet and speak to men: they may meet them only in the prioress's presence and "Then if you speak, you must not show your face;/ Or if you show your face, you must not speak" (1.
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