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paritor

/ˈpæɹɪtə(ɹ)/

paritor is the obsolete 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 paritor

pluralparitors

Origin of paritor

Compare apparitor and Latin paritor (“servant, attendant”).

Questions about paritor

What is paritor the obsolete form of?
Paritor is the obsolete form of apparitor.
How do you pronounce paritor?
Paritor is pronounced /ˈpæɹɪtə(ɹ)/.

Words near paritor in the dictionary

  1. parisyllabical
  2. paritaprevir
  3. parities
  4. pariton
  5. paritons
  6. paritor
  7. paritors
  8. paritory
  9. parity
  10. parity bit
  11. parity bits

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