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dispensatrix

dispensatrix noun: a female dispensator.

Noun

dispensatrix

  1. (archaic) A female dispensator.
    • Rightly then is this divine mother called the treasure, the treasurer, and the dispensatrix of divine graces.1852, The Glories of Mary, translation of original by Saint Alfonso Maria de' Liguori, page 439

Origin of dispensatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin dispēnsātrīx. By surface analysis, dispensator + -trix.

Questions about dispensatrix

What does dispensatrix mean?
Dispensatrix means a female dispensator.
What part of speech is dispensatrix?
Dispensatrix is a noun.

Words near dispensatrix in the dictionary

  1. dispensatorily
  2. dispensators
  3. dispensatory
  4. dispensatress
  5. dispensatresses
  6. dispensatrix
  7. dispense
  8. dispense with
  9. dispensed
  10. dispensed with
  11. dispensement

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