justiciar

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Etymology

From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice ; 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/

Noun

justiciar (plural justiciars)

  1. (historical) One who administers justice, particularly:
    1. (historical) A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
    2. (historical) A justice: a high-ranking judge.
    3. (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
    4. (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
  2. (Christianity, theology, rare) A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd ed. "judiciar, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 2013.
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