Category:Votive

Vo"tive, a. Etym: [l. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif. See Vow.]

Defn: given by vow, or in fulfillment of a vow; consecrated by a vow; Devoted; as, votive offerings; a votive tablet. "votive incense." Keble. We reached a votive stone, that bears the name of aloys reding. Wordsworth. Embellishments of flowers and votive garlands. Motley. Votive medal, a medal struck in grateful commemoration of some Auspicious event. -- votive offering, an offering in fulfillment of a religious vow, As of one's person or property. -- vo"tive*ly, adv. -- vo"tive*ness, n.