votive

English

Etymology

From Middle French votif, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vōtīvus (“votive”), from vōtum (“vow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊtɪv/

Adjective

votive (comparative more votive, superlative most votive)

1. dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge

   She placed a votive offering at the shrine.

   • (Can we date this quote by Motley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     embellishments of flowers and votive garlands

   • (Can we date this quote by Wordsworth and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     We reached a votive stone, that bears the name / Of Aloys Reding.

2. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Of, expressing or symbolizing a vow. Often used to describe thick cylindrical candles found in many churches, lit when making a private vow or asking a private intention.

   The church was lit by votive candles.

Translations

dedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge

• Dutch: votief (nl), geschonken wegens een gelofte
• Finnish: votiivi-
• French: votif (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Georgian: დაპირებისამებრი (daṗirebisamebri)
• Italian: votivo (it)
• Polish: wotywny (pl)
• Russian: клятвенный (ru) (kljatvennyj)

of, expressing or symbolizing a vow

• Dutch: votief (nl), een gelofte voorstellend
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: votiivi-
• Georgian: დაპირებისამებრი (daṗirebisamebri)

Noun

votive (plural votives)

1. (music) a hymn or chant dedicated to a particular saint, or to the Virgin Mary

Related terms

• votive candle
• votive mass
• votive offering
• ex-voto

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.tiv/

Adjective

votive

1. feminine singular of votif

Anagrams

• vivote, vivoté

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Italian

Adjective

votive

1. feminine plural of votivo

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) vōtīve

1. vocative masculine singular of vōtīvus

References

• votive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “votive”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]