Obs. rare. [f. VOTE sb. or v. + -IST.] One who makes a vow; a votary.
1613. Chapman, Revenge Bussy D’Ambois, III. Plays, 1873, II. 137. Trie If a poore woman, votist of reuenge, Would not performe it.
1700. G. Hickes, To Rdr., in Devot. Anc. Way Offices. Those stiff, morose, and saturnine Votists, who are so sparing of bodily Adoration, in our most solemn Services. Ibid. (1711), Two Treat. Chr. Priesth. (1847), II. 107. A religious mystery, exhibiting one thing to the sense, and another to the understanding of the votist.
