zelatrixhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zelatrix_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezelatrix, n.
Revised 2018

zelatrixnoun

  1. 1865–
    A female zealator (in various senses of zealator n.). Cf. zelatrice n.
    1. 1865
      She caused a religious to be elected under the name of ‘Zelatrix’, whose office was to give notice to the sisters in the refectory after supper..of any slight failings which she might have observed.
      E. Lockhart, Life St. Teresa xii. 145
    2. 1879
      You would be what may be called a zelatrix, to sustain the zeal and devotedness of others, and to seek new allies, as well of labourers as contributors.
      W. Reay, Francis Willington xvi. 306
    3. 1890
      The Superioress of a Convent, a most fervent zelatrix.
      Tablet 17 May 794
    4. 1912
      A zelator and a zelatrix in every parish could do much without interfering with local needs.
      Irish Monthly vol. 40 476
    5. 1952
      Mother Marcella Difani..Mission Zealatrix for Central Province of the Ursuline Order.
      Texas Catholic 29 November 4/1
    6. 2016
      In 1778, she was elected to serve as zelatrix, an office to which she was well suited.
      A. M. Little, Many Captivities Esther Wheelwright vii. 233

Originally published as part of the entry for zelatrice, n.

zelatrix, n. was revised in June 2018.

zelatrix, n. was last modified in September 2024.