mediatrix
(miːdɪˈeɪtrɪks)
Pl. mediatrices (miːdɪəˈtraɪsiːz): see prec.
[a. L. mediātrix, fem. of mediātor, mediator.]
A female mediator. (Often applied to the Virgin Mary.)
| 1462–3 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 270 Pray the vierge immaculat To be good mediatrix. 1577–87 Holinshed Chron. III. 1183/2 As a meane or mediatrix betweene the parties, there was Christierna dutchesse of Loraine. 1651 tr. De-las-Coveras' Don Fenise 39 She having confessed herselfe the mediatrix of their loves. 1738 Ozell Cervantes 9 Certain..Knights..invoking them [their Ladies]..as so many Advocates and Mediatrixes in their Conflicts and Encounters. 1753 Richardson Grandison IV. iv. 21 War seems to be declared: And will you not turn mediatrix? Ibid. IV. xxviii. 175 Mediators and mediatrices. 1781 Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. 493 The mediatrix of the factions of France. 1846 Pusey Let. in Liddon, etc. Life II. 505 The [Roman] system as to the Blessed Virgin as the Mediatrix and Dispenser of all present blessings to mankind. 1848 Thackeray Van. Fair xi, The friendship..lasted as long as the jovial old mediatrix was there to keep the peace. 1880 Meredith Tragic Com. xi (end), Here was the mediatrix—the veritable goddess with the sword to cut the knot! |