redemptrix

rĕdemptrix, īcis, f. [redemptor, II.],

• she that redeems, a redemptress, Prud. στεφ. 10, 77, 3; Coripp. Laud. Just. 4, 297; Am. bros. de Caïn et Abel, 2, 4, 13; id. de Vid. 6, 36.

redēmptrīx, trīcis, f. (Femin. zu redemptor), die Erlöserin, Prud. perist. 10, 774. Ambros. de Cain et Abel 2, 4. § 13; de vid. 6. § 36: persona, Coripp. laud. Iust. 4, 297.

redemptrix [LL] , (as adj., f.) who or that redeems or delivers from sin, (as sb. f.) redeemer (in quot. w. ref. to the Host or the Church). missale sacramentum ‥ pontifex sollemnizat mundique redemtricem [v. l. redemptricem] pro se et pro humani generis populo hostiam immolat Gosc. Edith 90; indigne conficiendo aut percipiendo ‥ gloriam victricis et ~icis hostie ‥ P. Blois Ep. Sup. 2. 24; merito jam sponsa redemptoris sui quodammodo facta ~ix ad desideratos eum jure quodam vendicabit amplexus J. Ford Serm. 89. 10.

rĕdēmptrīx, īcis, f. (redemptor), celle qui rachète : Prud. Perist. 10, 774 || [fig.] Ambr. Vid. 6, 36.