mediatressn.
/ˈmiːdɪətrəs/, /miːdɪəˈtrɛs/, U.S. /ˈmidiətrəs/ Now rare.
= mediatrix n. Also in extended use.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > Christian God > Mary > [noun]
ladyOE
queenOE
MaryOE
St MaryOE
starOE
Our LadylOE
lemana1225
maidena1225
maid Marya1225
heaven queenc1225
mothera1275
maiden Maryc1300
Star of the Seac1300
advocatrixc1390
mother-maidc1390
flower, gem, etc., of virginitya1393
the Virgina1393
mediatricea1400
paramoura1400
salver14..
advocatrice?a1430
Mother of God?a1430
way of indulgence?a1430
advocatessc1450
mother-maidenc1450
rose of Jerichoa1456
mediatrixc1475
viergec1475
addresseressa1492
fleur-de-lis?a1513
rosine?a1513
salvatrice?a1513
saviouress1563
mediatressa1602
advocatress1616
Christotokos1625
Deipara1664
V.M.1670
Madonnaa1684
the Virgin Mother1720
Panagia1776
Mater Dolorosa1800
B.V.M.1838
dispensatrixa1864
Theotokos1874
dispensatress1896
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > [noun] > one who > female
advocatrixc1390
mediatricea1400
advocatrice?a1430
advocatessc1450
mediatrixc1475
meaness1530
advotrix1601
mediatressa1602
advocatress1616
a1602 W. Perkins Godly & Learned Expos. Serm. in Mount (1608) 238 [The Papists] direct not their praiers to God only,..making the virgin Mary their Mediatresse.
1616 R. Sheldon Suruey Miracles Church of Rome 125 Neither dare wee associate her as a secondarie Mediatrisse with her sonne.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. xliv. 229 How shall two such come together; no kind mediatress in the way?
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 216 Art..is the mediatress between, and reconciler of, nature and man.
1867 Contemp. Rev. 5 57 He does not hesitate to employ her as mediatress.
1986 Representations No. 15. 225 That sublimation of love which links Beauty to Truth and makes the figure of the female..the mediatress of another, more ‘celestial’ love, that of Paradise.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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