Compurgatrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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compurgatress

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"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."

Etymology

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

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