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zelatrix

zelatrix noun: a nun who oversees the behavior of young nuns.

Noun

zelatrix (plural zelatrices or zelatrixes)

  1. A nun who oversees the behavior of young nuns.
    • An intelligent and active zelatrix should be at the head of each circle, or one zelatrix may have several circles under her care.1871, Jean Lyonnard, Perpetual Intercession to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Thomas Richardson and Son, Chapter XVIII, page 171
    • But, we still have to ask what benefits Teresa herself perceived in the chapter of faults and other similar corrective measures: the role of the zelatrix or monitor for instance?2000, Ruth Burrows, Carmel: Interpreting A Great Tradition, →ISBN, page 88

Forms of zelatrix

pluralzelatrices
pluralzelatrixes

Origin of zelatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin zēlātrīx (“female zealot; zealous female”). By surface analysis, zelator + -trix.

Questions about zelatrix

What does zelatrix mean?
Zelatrix means a nun who oversees the behavior of young nuns.
What part of speech is zelatrix?
Zelatrix is a noun.
What is the plural of zelatrix?
The plural of zelatrix is zelatrices.

Words near zelatrix in the dictionary

  1. Zelaskos
  2. zelator
  3. zelators
  4. zelatrice
  5. zelatrices
  6. zelatrix
  7. zelatrixes
  8. Zelaya
  9. Zelayas
  10. Zelayeta
  11. Zelayetas

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