English Explanatory Dictionary

justiciar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/

Word forms

justiciar justiciars

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

justicer justiciary justice doomsman judg judge justiciar Chief Justiciary Capital Justiciary Chief Justiciar Capital Justiciar legalist

Antonyms

antinomian solifidian

Related words

justicar

Derived words

Capital Justiciar Chief Justiciar justiciarship

Translations

Latin: iūstitiārius
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