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noun
One who administers justice
A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: justicer, justiciary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who administers justice
A justice: a high-ranking judge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: justicer, justiciary, justice, doomsman, judg, judge, justiciar
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who administers justice
A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciary, Chief Justiciary, Capital Justiciary, Chief Justiciar, Capital Justiciar
Antonyms: none provided
noun
One who administers justice
Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciary
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: justiciary, legalist
Antonyms: antinomian, solifidian
noun
formerly a high judicial officer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: justiciary
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judge, justice, jurist
History
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.
Across languages
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