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16. The Blessed Virgin, sitting at the right hand
of God to pray for us is hailed by another writer of that same era in these
words, "the Queen17a of mortal man, the
most holy Mother of God."18
17a. Generally throughout the encyclical the Latin word Regina is used to
describe Mary. In this case and a few others the word is Domina.
"Queen" seems to be the best English equivalent. "Ruler",
when it occurs, is a rendition of Dominatrix. - Ed.
18. Encomium in Dormitionem Ssmae Deiparae (inter opera
S. Modesti): PG LXXXVI, 3306 B.
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