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单词 zelatrix
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zelatrixn.

Brit. /ˈzɛlətrɪks/, U.S. /ˈzɛləˌtrɪks/
Forms: 1800s– zelatrix, 1900s– zealatrix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: zealator n., -trix suffix.
Etymology: < zealator n.: see -trix suffix. Compare slightly later zelatrice n.Compare post-classical Latin zelatrix zealous supporter, zealot (from 13th cent. in British and continental sources). In quot. 1865 after Italian zelatrice zelatrice n., which here renders Spanish celadora (see etymological note at zealator n.). In form zealatrix with alteration after zeal n.
A female zealator (in various senses of zealator n.). Cf. zelatrice n.
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1865 E. Lockhart Life St. Teresa xii. 145 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.
1879 W. Reay Francis Willington xvi. 306 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.
1890 Tablet 17 May 794 The Superioress of a Convent, a most fervent zelatrix.
1912 Irish Monthly 40 476 A zelator and a zelatrix in every parish could do much without interfering with local needs.
1952 Texas Catholic 29 Nov. 4/1 Mother Marcella Difani..Mission Zealatrix for Central Province of the Ursuline Order.
2016 A. M. Little Many Captivities Esther Wheelwright vii. 233 In 1778, she was elected to serve as zelatrix, an office to which she was well suited.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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