? Obs. [a. L. créditrix, fem. of crēditor (in Rom. Law).] = prec.
1611. Cotgr., Creanciere, a creditrix; the woman that trusteth.
1655. Fuller, Ch. Hist., VIII. iii. § 35. Yet durst she not demand payment, lest the credetrix should be made away, and so the debt satisfied.
1687. in Sir J. Hawkins, Walton’s Compl. Angler, Life of Cotton, p. xlviii. Granted … to Elizabeth Bludworth, his principal creditrix.
