noun · rare

justiciar

justiciar · justiciars

One who administers justiceOne who administers justice: A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.

/d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/

Meaning

5 senses

One who administers justice
(historical)A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
formerly a high judicial officer
(historical)A justice: a high-ranking judge.
(historical)A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
(historical)Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
(rare)A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

Origin

From Late Latin justitiarius and justiciarius (“justiciar, judge, justice [of the peace];

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.

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