compurgatrix

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Female compurgator. historical
    — Thou Pill too ſrong for fate! in whoſe defence / Mira'cles ſtept in to reſscue innocence. / Death was thy Ordeall, and Compurgatrix / And Minos did thy Judges doome refix.

词形变化

compurgatrices plural

词源

From Latin compurgatrix, equivalent to compurgator (“someone who vouches for another person's innocence”) + -trix (female agent noun-forming suffix).
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