voteen Irish.
(vəʊˈtiːn)
[prob. f. devote n.1 or devotee; the equivalent Ir. móid{iacu}n is however connected with Ir. móidim I dedicate or devote.]
A very religious person; a devotee.
| 1830–2 W. Carleton Traits (1843) I. 16 Up near the altar..you might perceive a voteen, repeating some new prayer or choice piece of devotion. 1856 P. Kennedy Banks of Boro (1867) 184 One of the class that is called in Scotland ‘The unco guid’, and ‘Voteens’ among ourselves. Ibid. 333 He had considered his neighbour a voteen and twaddler. |