mediatrix

[ mee-dee-ey-triks ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural me·di·a·tri·ces [mee-dee-, uh, -, trahy, -seez, -, ey, -tri-seez], me·di·a·trix·es.

1425–75; late Middle English < Late Latin mediātrīx, feminine of mediātor mediator; -trix

She became the new Mediatrix between the sinful human soul and the Father in heaven.

She affected to be equally well inclined to both, and even assumed the character of mediatrix.

Then he gives us learned dissertations on Her whom he calls the Treasure-house of all good, the Mediatrix of love and impetration.

He committed the extreme error of selecting mademoiselle Guimard as mediatrix between himself and me.

These unions gave to the princess the office of mediatrix; in Beowulf she is called Freothowebbe, "the peace-weaver."

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