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compurgatrices

compurgatrices is the plural of compurgatrix.

Meaning of compurgatrix

Noun

compurgatrix (plural compurgatrices)

  1. (historical) Female compurgator.
    • Thou Pill too ſrong for fate! in whoſe defence / Mira'cles ſtept in to reſscue innocence. / Death was thy Ordeall, and Compurgatrix / And Minos did thy Judges doome refix.1651, Fr[ancis] Withins Gen. Com. of S. Johns, “Thou Pill too strong for fate!”, in Newes from the dead. Or A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene, who being executed...
    Synonyms:
    compurgatress

Questions about compurgatrices

What is compurgatrices the plural of?
Compurgatrices is the plural of compurgatrix.

Words near compurgatrices in the dictionary

  1. compurgations
  2. compurgator
  3. compurgatorial
  4. compurgators
  5. compurgatory
  6. compurgatrices
  7. compurgatrix
  8. compursion
  9. compursions
  10. compusex
  11. compuspeak

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