Definition of "votaress"

Madness grew in the eyes of the capering votaress and was reflected in the eyes of the watchers.

1931, Robert E. Howard, The Black Stone

Aminta, of course, falls in love with Sylvia at first sight, and she, chaste votaress of Diana, is outraged.

2009 July 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Under the Crescent Moon: The Huntress as (Angry) Object of Desire”, in New York Times‎