justiciar (English, noun)
expansion: justiciar (plural justiciars)
Senses:
glosses: One who administers justice
A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
tags: historical
glosses: One who administers justice
A justice: a high-ranking judge.
tags: historical
glosses: One who administers justice
A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
tags: historical
glosses: One who administers justice
Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
tags: historical
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
tags: rare
Forms:
form: justiciars
tags: plural