noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A female coadjutor
2. 2
   An assistant (and eventual successor) to an abbess

Synonyms

All synonyms

acolyteadjutantagentaidaideassistant

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin coadiūtrīx. By surface analysis, coadjutor + -trix.

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