zelatrix
nounEtymology Learned borrowing from Latin zēlātrīx (“female zealot; zealous female”). By surface analysis, zelator + -trix.
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Ecclesiastical, Lifestyle, Religion 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:
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