What is a creatrix???? And how is it significant???? Read on, before you assume (as my husband did) that my intentions with this name were anything less than honorable... ;)
My husband and I live in a renovated, added-onto home that was originally built in the 1870s (we believe). We have been trying to get an historical plaque for our home, but we need proof of its original construction date. As all homes in our area default to a construction date of 1901, we have to provide proof of its earlier existence on our lot.
Our neighbor was kind enough to lend us the abstract of the original title to her home, which lists ownership and transfers for our entire block back to the 1860s. The abstract is a good 50 pages of exciting 1950s era legalese (and if you have trouble sleeping at night, I recommend it in place of Ambien, Lunesta or any other pharmaceutical snooze-inducers). However, while reading the abstract, I learned that the feminine forms of nouns that usually end in "or" (think administrator, executor, dominator) use the suffix "trix" (administratrix, executrix, domina...well, you get the idea). Enter the word "creatrix".
Creatrix...the feminine creator.
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