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apparator

apparator is the alternative form of apparitor.

Meaning of apparitor

Noun

apparitor (plural apparitors)

  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.1857, Thomas De Quincey, Richard Bentley
  2. A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
    • a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man1797, Richard Burn, Ecclesiastical Law

Forms of apparator

pluralapparators

Questions about apparator

What is apparator the alternative form of?
Apparator is the alternative form of apparitor.

Words near apparator in the dictionary

  1. Apparatgeist
  2. apparati
  3. apparating
  4. apparation
  5. apparations
  6. apparator
  7. apparators
  8. apparats
  9. apparatus
  10. apparatus critici
  11. apparatus criticus

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