apparitor

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apparitor

/əˈpæɹitɚ/

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Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“to wait upon”).

noun apparitors · apparator · paritor

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.
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man

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@misc{apparitor_2026,
  title = {apparitor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apparitor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}