apparitor

American  

[uh-par-i-ter] / əˈpær ɪ tər /

noun

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

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apparitor British  

/ əˈpærɪtə /

noun

1. an officer who summons witnesses and executes the orders of an ecclesiastical and (formerly) a civil court

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Etymology

Origin of apparitor

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

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Example Sentences

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apparitor

Take this," he said, handing the apparitor the parchment, "and make search for the man herein described.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller

“Mr—, Mr—,” faltered the apparitor, coming unexpectedly on this uncouth name; suddenly he rose a-tiptoe and to the emergency,—“Mr Cockahoon.”

From Two Suffolk Friends by Francis Hindes Groome

In later times he became known as the apparitor.

From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney

Everybody knows that a party to a suit summons an apparitor and dictates to him whatever he chooses, and the apparitor proclaims it.

From Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by George Rapall Noyes

The devil going a hunting one Sunday and beating the bushes, up starts a proud apparitor.

From The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects by Sedley Lynch Ware

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