About The Word Apparitor
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Apparitor
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What's The Definition Of Apparitor?Synonyms | Synonyms for Apparitor: Related Terms | Find terms related to Apparitor: See Also | Apparitor In Webster's Dictionary \Ap*par"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. apparere. See {Appear}.]
1. Formerly, 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. --De Quincey.
2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an
ecclesiastical court. --Bouvier.
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