| \VOH-tiv\ | adjective
1. offered, given, dedicated, etc., in accordance with a vow: a votive offering.
2. performed, undertaken, etc., in consequence of a vow. | | Quotes | Behind the barricades--made of paving stones, or chairs, or the carcasses of cars--people had built makeshift altars, with votive candles, incense, and framed pictures, to commemorate killed protesters where they had fallen.
-- Jon Lee Anderson, "Revolutionary Relics," The New Yorker, May 1, 2014 | | Origin | | Votive shares a root with the word vote in the Latin term vōtum meaning "vow." Votive entered English around 1600. | |
