justiciar
Meanings
Plural: justiciars
Noun
- formerly a high judicial officer
- One who administers justice
- A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
- One who administers justice
- A justice: a high-ranking judge.
- One who administers justice
- A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
- One who administers justice
- Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
- A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, justicia mayor, etc.
Synonyms
Capital Justiciar, Capital Justiciary, Chief Justiciar, Chief Justiciary, justice, justicer, justiciary, legalist
Scrabble Score: 18
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