regeneratrixn.

1610 H. Hexham tr. J. Polyander Refut. Epist. 85 The Sermon of the Virgin Mother of God, imprinted vnder the name of Saint Athanasius, calling the Virgin Mary. Lady, Mother, Regeneratrix and Mistris.

1848 L. R. de Véricour & W. S. Chase Mod. French Lit. v. 185 A regeneratrix at length arose in the person of Maria-Angelica Arnauld, who was appointed Abbess of Port- Royal about the year 1608, and who speedily rendered the convent a model of order and discipline.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. v. 125 Miss Pinnock regarded herself as fit to be the regeneratrix of the world.

1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Nov. 2/1 Ireland..should..aim at becoming a great spiritual force, and the regeneratrix, in the religious sense, of the British Empire.

1954 F. C. Hull tr. E. Neumann Origins & Hist. Consciousness i. ii. 73 Her magical nature, as regeneratrix of her own brother and husband, was thrust into the background.

1987 R. Eisler Chalice & Blade (1988) i. 6 The Paleolithic remains of female figurines..appear to be early manifestations of..a complex religion centering on the worship of a Mother Goddess as the source and regeneratrix of all forms of life.

1989 M. Gimbutas Lang. of Goddess iii. xviii. 209 There are two images in folk traditions that clearly go back to the prehistoric Goddess of Death and Regeneration: 1. the White Lady as death messenger, and 2. the Killer and Regeneratrix.