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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL.]

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; – a title given to the empresses of Russia.

Noun.

A female sovereign, who is independent and absolute; a title given to the Empresses of Russia.

In the Romish church, a solemn day held by the Inquisition, for the punishment of heretics, and the absolution of the innocent accused.

A sentence given by the Inquisition, and road to a criminal, or heretic, on the scaffold, just before he is executed.

The session of the court of inquisition.

autocratrix ‎(plural autocratrices)

A female autocrat.
(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.