Dictionary entry

Votive

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Vo″tive (?), a. [L. votivus, fr. votum a vow: cf. F. votif. See Vow.] 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.