justiciary
A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or officeA judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Meaning
8 senses(Scotland, countable, historical)A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
the jurisdiction of a justiciar
(uncountable)The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
One who administers justice
(countable, historical, uncountable)A judge or justice.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A magistrate.
(countable, historical, uncountable)A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
formerly a high judicial officer
(countable, historical, uncountable)A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
(countable, historical, uncountable)Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
(countable, uncountable)A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Late Latin justitiaria, justiciaria (“judgeship, judiciarship; court sessions”), justFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: justiciaries| Singular | justiciary |
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Synonyms
17 synonyms- formerly a high judicial officer:justiciar
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable