Definition of Protectress. Meaning of Protectress. Synonyms of Protectress

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Definition of Protectress

Protectress
Protectress Pro*tect"ress, Protectrix Pro*tect"rix, n. [NL. protectrix.] A woman who protects.

Meaning of Protectress from wikipedia

- Mary was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is an important figure of Christianity, venerated under...
- Cuckoo's Nest at Westminster (1648) included ludicrous dialogue between the Protectress and Lady Fairfax. This broadside, printed before Cromwell's inauguration...
- and cults, the most illustrious of which was of the Athena Poliás, "[protectress] of the city". The cult image of the Poliás was a wooden effigy, often...
- counterpart of the Gr**** Mnemosyne. Juno Moneta, an epithet of Juno, was the protectress of funds, and, accordingly, money in ancient Rome was coined in her temple...
- (/mɪˈdjuːzə, -sə/; Ancient Gr****: Μέδουσα, romanized: Médousa, lit. 'guardian, protectress'), also called Gorgo (Ancient Gr****: Γοργώ) or the Gorgon, was one of...
- Meža mate ("Mother of the Forest"; counterpart to Lithuanian Medeina), protectress of wild life; Miglas mate ("Mother of the Fog") and Lietus mate ("Mother...
- "Holda, the good protectress" (1882) by Friedrich Wilhelm Heine...
- Salus Populi Romani, depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary as the health and protectress of the Roman people, which was granted a Canonical coronation by Pope...
- Sarah is now increasingly being considered as "a Romani Goddess, the Protectress of the Roma" and an "indis****ble link with Mother India". For the Romani...
- with the Roman goddess Minerva. Athena was regarded as the patron and protectress of various cities across Greece, particularly the city of Athens, from...