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reparatrix [CL reparare+-trix] 1 that restores to a previous physical condition, restoring, restorative (f.). nempe Noe nunciavit post suum naufragium mundi ~icem siccitatem per columbam Whittlesey app. f. 3v p. 144. 2 (transf.) who restores to a previous status or non-physical condition, (in quot., as sb. w. ref. to Virgin Mary) she who restores to state of grace or innocence, restorer, redemptrix. sanctissima puritas piissimi pectoris ejus ‥ hoc promeruit ut ~ix perditi orbis dignissime fieret Eadmer Excell. B. M. 573D; tu via duxque vie qua reparatur homo / humani generis tu gloria, tu reparatrix Nig. Mir. BVM 261; fieret ‥ ea ~ix generis sui, mediatrix ad Deum J. Ford Serm. 59.5; ipsa facta est domina mundi, ~ix seculi, destructix inferni P. Blois Serm. 674A; Maria ‥ est inventrix et †raparatrix [l. reparatrix] gracie dampnatos liberando Brinton Serm. 38 p. 165.

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