dispensatrix

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noun

A female dispensator.

OriginLatin dispēnsātrīx →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

noun
  1. archaicA 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

  1. Latindispēnsātrīx
  2. Englishdispensatrix

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

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APA

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Chicago

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