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adj
Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
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Synonyms: see legalist
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
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Synonyms: see legalist
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: judicatory, judicial, judiciary, juridic, juridical, juridicial, justiciary
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adj
Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, historical
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Synonyms: judgeship, judicature, jurisdiction, bench, justiceship, justiciary
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noun
The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: bench, judiciary, judicature, judicial, judicial branch, justiciary
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noun
One who administers justice
A judge or justice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciar, doomsman, judg, judge, justice, justiciary
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noun
One who administers justice
A magistrate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciar
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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: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciar, judiciar
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noun
One who administers justice
A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciar
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noun
One who administers justice
Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
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Synonyms: justicer, justiciar
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology
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Synonyms: justiciar, legalist
Antonyms: antinomian, solifidian
noun
the jurisdiction of a justiciar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jurisdiction
noun
formerly a high judicial officer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: justiciar
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judge, justice, jurist
History
From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justitiarius, and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), all from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). Paralleled in Middle English and Early Modern English by forms from Anglo-Norman justiserie (“judgeship, judiciarship”), from Anglo-Norman and Middle French justicerie (“judgeship; tribunal”), from justice + -ery. As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, etc.
Across languages
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