zelatrix

Learned borrowing from Latin zēlātrīx (“female zealot; zealous female”). By surface analysis, zelator +‎ -trix.

zelatrix (plural zelatrices or zelatrixes)

1. (ecclesiastical) A nun who oversees the behavior of young nuns.
   • 1871, Jean Lyonnard, Perpetual Intercession to the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, Thomas Richardson and Son, Chapter XVIII, page 171:

     An intelligent and active zelatrix should be at the head of each circle, or one zelatrix may have several circles under her care.

   • 2000, Ruth Burrows, Carmel: Interpreting A Great Tradition, →ISBN, page 88:

     But, we still have to ask what benefits Teresa herself perceived in the chapter of faults and other similar corrective measures: the role of the zelatrix or monitor for instance?

• zelator

From zēlō, zēlātum (“love ardently”, verb) +‎ -trīx f (“-ess”, agentive suffix).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [zeːˈɫaː.triːks]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d̪͡z̪eˈlaː.t̪riks]

zēlātrīx f (genitive zēlātrīcis, masculine zēlātor); third declension

1. A female zealot.

   Coordinate term: zēlātor

Third-declension noun.

• zelatrix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• zelatrix in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016