mediatrice Now rare (or only as Fr.).
(ˈmiːdɪeɪtrɪs)
[a. F. médiatrice, ad. L. mediātrix (see next).]
= mediatrix.
The pl. form mediatrices is, so far as spelling is concerned, common to this word and the next: the example placed here may belong to mediatrix.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiv. (Pelagia) 361 As medyatrice hyr wil I sende to god. 1447 O. Bokenham Seyntys (Roxb.) 270 Thorgh goddys grace ordeynyd to be A medyatryce for this cyte. 1500–20 Dunbar Poems lxxxv. 67 Oratrice, mediatrice, salvatrice, To God gret suffragane! 1540 R. Hyrde tr. Vives' Instr. Chr. Wom. (1592) N vij, God is the over-seer, the church is the mediatrice in mariage. 1686 Speculum Beatæ Virginis 17 They desire her to interceed with God for them, which also makes her a joynt Mediatrice with Christ. 1842 A. Strickland Queens Eng. II. 291 The French monarch..proposed to make the queen-dowager of France and Isabella the mediatrices of a peace. 1891 Cath. News 24 Jan. 6/6 Our advocate, our mediatrice with Him. |