dispensatrix

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English

Noun

dispensatrix

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

Latin

Noun

dispēnsātrīx f (genitive dispēnsātrīcis, masculine dispēnsātor); third declension

  1. steward, dispenser (female)
  2. housekeeper

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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