[ad. F. zélatrice and its source eccl. L. zēlātrix, fem. of zēlātor: see prec.] A female zelator.
1890. Tablet, 17 May, 794. The Superioress of a Convent, a most fervent zelatrix.
1902. M. J. F. McCarthy, Priests & People in Irel., 200. A zelatrice is a curiosity of religion in Ireland. Ibid., 201. A zelatrice for the Œuvre Expiatoire.
