[Magdalen] PRS Advent 1

Scott Knitter scottknitter at gmail.com
Tue Dec 1 14:48:07 UTC 2015


On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:54 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen
<magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
> Then we get into such as "mediatrix" and "aviatrix."  I can see  some
> might be bothered by these rather fussy terms.

The Monastic Diurnal Revised refers to a "cantrix."

And it used to be that parish bulletins often mentioned an "altar
guild directress."

"Actress" is a fine term, but my theory is that we no longer hear
"actor," "waiter," etc., as specifically male terms anymore. So one
term works for both more than it used to.


-- 
Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA


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