advocatrix

== English == === Etymology === From Latin advocātrīx, from advocāre (“advocate”) + -trīx (“-ess”, forming feminine agent nouns), from ad- (“to, toward, on behalf of”) + vocāre (“speak”). By surface analysis, advocate +‎ -trix. === Noun === advocatrix (plural not attested) (chiefly Roman Catholicism) A female advocate, especially as a title of Mary, mother of Jesus. Synonyms: advocatess, advocatress, advocatrice === References === “advocatrix, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.