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Answer for the clue "A woman who is a mediator ", 9 letters:
mediatrix

Word definitions for mediatrix in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A female mediator. 2 (context geometry English) (rfdef: English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman who is a mediator

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mediatress \Me`di*a"tress\, Mediatrix \Me`di*a*"trix\, n. [L. mediatrix, f. of mediator: cf. F. m['e]diatrice.] A female mediator.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
In Roman Catholic Mariology , the title Mediatrix refers to the intercessory role of the Blessed Virgin Mary as a mediator in the salvific redemption by her son Jesus Christ , and that he bestows graces through her. Mediatrix is an ancient title that has ...

Usage examples of mediatrix.

Now his experience was that of the Church in the thirteenth century, when they found in the Blessed Virgin a gentle mediatrix between mortal and divine.

Monimia, with whom she undertook the office of his mediatrix, on the supposition that his intentions were honourable, and highly advantageous to her lodger.

It was in Amsterdam between 1945 and 1959 that she took off the velvet gloves, calling herself the Lady of All Nations and demanding that her contact petition the pope to grant her the titles Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.

This island had recently been offered to the Empress of Russia, as a bait to secure her friendship to Great Britain, and to induce her to become mediatrix for a peace, on the basis of the last treaty of Fontainbleau.

Upon the receipt of this answer, the court of London made several proposals to the czarina, to interpose as mediatrix between the courts of Vienna and Berlin, but they were rejected with marks of displeasure and resentment.

Blessed Virgin in order to pay especial honor to the protectress of our national independence and universal mediatrix of the Christian Commonwealth.

It was therefore agreed that the young people of both families should visit each other frequently for the future, and the friendship of course lasted as long as the jovial old mediatrix was there to keep the peace.