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apparitor
/əˈpæɹitɚ/
noun 2
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1ADJ.
awarded, other, sterner
Definitions
noun
1
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.
2
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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Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world.
Wiktionary02
a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man
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