单词 | mediatrix |
释义 | mediatrixn. A female mediator.Often applied to the Virgin Mary, believed in many Christian denominations (esp. the Roman Catholic Church) to intercede with God on behalf of humankind. ΘΚΠ 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 society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > settling quarrels or disputes > mediation > mediator > female mediatrix1577 mediatrice1842 c1475 (a1449) J. Lydgate Testament (Harl. 218) 147 in Minor Poems (1911) i. 329 (MED) I [sc. Mary] wyl go be tween..For almankynde be medyatrix and mene. c1475 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 226 Pray the vierge..to be good mediatrix. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1801/1 As a meane or mediatrix betwene the parties, there was Christierna Duches of Loraine. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 39 She having confessed herselfe the mediatrix of their loves. 1738 in C. Jarvis tr. Don Quixote I. 9 Certain..Knights..invoking them [sc. their ladies]..as so many Advocates and Mediatrixes in their Conflicts and Encounters. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison IV. xxvii. 193 War seems to be declared: And will you not turn mediatrix? 1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. 493 The mediatrix of the factions of France. 1846 E. B. Pusey Let. in H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey (1893) II. 505 The [Roman] system as to the Blessed Virgin as the Mediatrix and Dispenser of all present blessings to mankind. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xi. 92 The friendship..lasted as long as the jovial old mediatrix was there to keep the peace. 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. iii. 53 Here was the mediatrix—the veritable goddess with the sword to cut the knot! 1947 M. E. Boylan This Tremendous Lover (new ed.) ii. 15 Mary is the Mediatrix of grace, which is our supernatural life. 1994 Latin Mass Jan. 39/3 The Church refers to Mary..and each time sees fit not to call her the Mother of God, or the mediatrix of all graces, but, simply, ‘ever-virgin’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1475 |
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