| 单词 |
coadjutrix |
| 释义 |
coadjutrix|kəʊəˈdʒ(j)uːtrɪks|
[Latin fem. of coadjūtor, used in med. or mod.L.: see -trix.]
A female coadjutor or helper.
1646Earl of Monmouth tr. Biondi's Civ. Warres Eng. vi.–ix. 115 Elizabeth the chiefe agent, and her mother..her co-adjutrix. 1670Cotton Espernon ii. vi. 260 Her, who.. had with the late King been a Coadjutrix in raising it [the kingdom] to that degree of height and reputation. a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) I. xi. 335 The coadjutrix soon replaced her instructress. 1853Thackeray Eng. Hum. 115 The novels of Swift's coadjutrix, Mrs. Manley.
b. Eccl. A woman appointed as assistant and successor to an abbess.
1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. I. iii. x. 153 [The Abbess's] Resignation was not received but her Sister was made Co⁓adjutrix to her. 1813Mary A. Schimmelpenninck tr. Lancelot's Tour Alet 195 This lady took her as coadjutrix in the direction of the monastery of Port Royal.
Hence coadjutrixship.
1837Foreign Q. Rev. XIX. 103 Aurora of Königsmark failed of the coadjutrixship and consequent succession. |
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