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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvəʊ.tɪv/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈvoʊ.tɪv/
• 韻: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊtɪv, (General American) -oʊtɪv

形容詞

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.

   • 1856, John Lothrop Motley, The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Part 1/Chapter 1:

     embellishments of flowers and votive garlands

   • 1822, William Wordsworth, Memorial, near the Outlet of the Lake of Thun:

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

2. 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.

名詞

votive (plural votives)

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

関連する語

形容詞

vōtīve

1. vocative masculine singular of vōtīvus

参照

• "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