votive

From Middle French votif, from Latin vōtīvus (“votive”), from vōtum (“vow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊtɪv/

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.

   • Motley

     embellishments of flowers and votive garlands

   • Wordsworth

     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.

votive (plural votives)

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

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

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.tiv/

votive

1. feminine singular of votif

• vivote, vivoté

votive

1. feminine plural of votivo

vōtīve

1. vocative masculine singular of vōtīvus

• votive in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• votive in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎