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apparitor

[ uh-par-i-ter ]

noun

  1. (in ancient Rome) a subordinate official of a magistrate or of the court.


apparitor

/ əˈpærɪtə /

noun

  1. an officer who summons witnesses and executes the orders of an ecclesiastical and (formerly) a civil court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apparitor1

1250–1300; Middle English apparitour < Latin appāritor, equivalent to appāri- (variant stem of appārēre to serve, attend, literally, to be seen; appear ) + -tor -tor
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Word History and Origins

Origin of apparitor1

C15: from Latin: public servant, from appārēre to appear
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Example Sentences

I continued, and I drew out a little packet of parchment with a great red seal hanging from it by a green ribbon; just such a packet as that which I had stolen from the Bishop's apparitor nearly four years back.

I solemnly drew out the white staff I had taken from the apparitor.

Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.

A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; Ð called also an apparitor or summoner.

Lilly speaks of one William Poole, who was a nibbler at astrological science, and, in addition, a gardener, an apparitor, a drawer of lime, a plasterer, a bricklayer; in fact, he bragged of knowing no fewer than seventeen trades—such was the versatility of his genius!

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