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- noun ecclesiastical A
zelatrix (nun).
Etymologies
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Probably from or influenced by Italian.
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Examples
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I could not distinctly make out whether the Association was entirely devotional, or had an eye to good works; at least it is highly organised: the names of fourteen matrons and misses were filled in for each week of the month as associates, with one other, generally a married woman, at the top for zelatrice: the leader of the band.
An Inland Voyage Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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