Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

apparitor

/əˈpæɹitɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ap-par-i-tor
IPA: /əˈpæɹitɚ/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.

noun

A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.

Example Sentences

"Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world."
"a monition be awarded to an apparitor, to summon a man"

Etymology

Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“to wait upon”).

Inflected Forms

apparitors (plural) apparator (alternative) paritor (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

How do you pronounce apparitor?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈpæɹitɚ/.
What does apparitor mean?: An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
Where does apparitor come from?: Latin appāritor (“public servant”), from appareo (“to wait upon”).

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