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

After having dressed ourselves in our best, and put on our majestic caps of fox-skin, we said to our apparitor, “We are ready.”

From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Évariste Régis Huc

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

From The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman

The volume referred to was the property of Mr. William Pickering, an apparitor of the Consistory Court at Durham, England.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence

Thus dreaming and finishing his evening prayer, gradually the last court apparitor in Lithuania fell asleep.

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

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

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster

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