justiciary
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Etymology
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: justitiaria, iustitia, justicier, justiciero
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Capital Justiciary
Chief Justiciary
Circuit Court of Justiciary
Commissioner of Justiciary
Lord Commissioner of Justiciary
Court of Justiciary
High Court of Justiciary
Lord of Justiciary