apparitor

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Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/əˈpæɹitɚ/

Definition of apparitor

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical)An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
    “Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.”
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noun

  1. (historical)An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
    “Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.”
  2. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
    “a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man”

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Etymology

Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“to wait upon”).

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