"justiciar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/ Forms: justiciars [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), from Latin iūstitia (“justice”) + -āria (“-ary”). As a translation of various Continental European offices, via Middle French justicier, Spanish justiciero, justicia mayor, etc. Etymology templates: {{der|en|LL.|justitiarius}} Late Latin justitiarius, {{m|la|justiciarius||justiciar, judge, justice 􂀿of the peace􂁀; judiciary, related to justice}} justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace]; judiciary, related to justice”), {{der|en|la|iūstitia||justice}} Latin iūstitia (“justice”), {{m|la|-āria||-ary}} -āria (“-ary”), {{der|en|frm|justicier}} Middle French justicier, {{der|en|es|justiciero}} Spanish justiciero, {{m|es|justicia mayor}} justicia mayor Head templates: {{en-noun}} justiciar (plural justiciars)
  1. (historical) One who administers justice
    (historical) A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
    Tags: historical Synonyms (A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England): justiciary
    Sense id: en-justiciar-en-noun-CK7LBc20 Disambiguation of 'A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England': 54 6 30 5 4
  2. (historical) One who administers justice
    (historical) A justice: a high-ranking judge.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-justiciar-en-noun-Owz1NF3e
  3. (historical) One who administers justice
    (historical) A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
    Tags: historical Synonyms (A judge of a superior court): justice
    Sense id: en-justiciar-en-noun-AK~AnPIa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ar Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 15 46 15 10 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 13 50 13 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ar: 14 12 52 12 9 Disambiguation of 'A judge of a superior court': 17 17 40 17 9
  4. (historical) One who administers justice
    (historical) Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
    Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-justiciar-en-noun-l~MLNVFj
  5. (Christianity, theology, rare) A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Christianity, Theology Synonyms (Proponent of a theological doctrine): legalist
    Sense id: en-justiciar-en-noun-CVTSsw7Y Topics: Christianity, lifestyle, religion, theology Disambiguation of 'Proponent of a theological doctrine': 16 7 25 7 44
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (One who administers justice generally): justicer, justiciary Synonyms (The chief judicial officer of medieval England): justiciary, Chief Justiciary, Capital Justiciary, Chief Justiciar, Capital Justiciar Derived forms: Capital Justiciar, Chief Justiciar, justiciarship Related terms: justicar Translations (officer): justiciarius [masculine] (Latin)
Disambiguation of 'One who administers justice generally': 24 24 24 24 2 Disambiguation of 'The chief judicial officer of medieval England': 45 4 42 4 4 Disambiguation of 'officer': 46 5 40 5 3

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      "sense": "A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "justiciary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "A judge of a superior court",
      "word": "justice"
    },
    {
      "sense": "The chief judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "justiciary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "The chief judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "Chief Justiciary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "The chief judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "Capital Justiciary"
    },
    {
      "sense": "The chief judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "Chief Justiciar"
    },
    {
      "sense": "The chief judicial officer of medieval England",
      "word": "Capital Justiciar"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Proponent of a theological doctrine",
      "word": "legalist"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "officer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "justiciarius"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "justiciar"
  ],
  "word": "justiciar"
}

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