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Webster 1913 Edition
Autocratrix
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Au-toc′ra-trix
,Noun.
[NL.]
A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; – a title given to the empresses of Russia.
Webster 1828 Edition
Autocratrix
AU'TOCRATRIX
,Noun.
1.
In the Romish church, a solemn day held by the Inquisition, for the punishment of heretics, and the absolution of the innocent accused.2.
A sentence given by the Inquisition, and road to a criminal, or heretic, on the scaffold, just before he is executed.3.
The session of the court of inquisition.