单词 | adjutrix |
释义 | adjutrixn. rare. A female helper.In quot. 1993 with reference to the Virgin Mary. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > that which or one who helps or means of help > a helper > female aideress1490 succouress1582 adjutrice1609 adjutrixa1632 a1632 H. Percy Instructions in Archaeologia (1838) 27 328 The wyfe is given..as an adiutrix to the man. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Adjutrix, a Woman helper. [Also in later dictionaries.] 1883 L. A. Sakes Christ versus Krishna v. 49 [He] provides himself with a mistress, the well-known Radha as a necessary adjutrix to his cause. 1937 D. M. Jones In Parenthesis iii. 35 Men mourn for her,..praise her, for an adjutrix. 1993 M. I. Miravalle tr. Pseudo-Albert in Mary 13 She might become the Mother of all through re-creation even as she was the adjutrix of the Redemption by her co-passion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1632 |
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