Obs. [irreg. f. JESUIT sb., after Fr. fem. agent-nouns in -trice, Lat. -trix.] = JESUITESS.
1629. Wadsworth, Eng. Span. Pilgr., iii. 30. These … are growne to a faction, about the Iesuitrices or wandring Nuns, some allowing, some disliking them vtterly.
c. 1665. R. Carpenter, Pragm. Jesuit, 27/2. You have seen Mrs. Ward and her Jesuitrices, as tender-hearted people call them.
