Definitions for paritor
par·i·tor

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paritornoun

   A beadle; a summoner of the courts of civil law.

   Etymology: for apparitor.

   You shall be summon’d by an host of paritours; you shall be sentenced in the spiritual court. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. paritor

   In ancient Rome, an apparitor (also spelled apparator in English, or shortened to paritor) was a civil servant whose salary was paid from the public treasury. The apparitores assisted the magistrates. There were four occupational grades (decuriae) among them. The highest-ranked were the scribae, the clerks or public notaries, followed by the lictores, lictors; viatores, messengers or summoners, that is, agents on official errands; and praecones, announcers or heralds.The term has hence referred to a beadle in a university, a pursuivant or herald; particularly, in Roman Catholic canon law, which was largely inspired by Roman law. Apparitors (sometimes called summoners) continued to serve as officers in ecclesiastical courts. They were designated to serve the summons, to arrest a person accused, and in ecclesiastico-civil procedure, to take possession, physically or formally, of property in dispute, in order to secure the execution of the judge's sentence. This was done in countries where the ecclesiastical forum, in its substantial integrity, is recognized. An apparitor thus acted as constable and sheriff. His guarantee of his delivery of the summons provided evidence of a party's knowledge of his obligation to appear, either to stand trial, to give testimony, or to do whatever else might be legally enjoined by the judge; the apparitor's statement becomes the basis of a charge of contumacy against anyone refusing to obey a summons. Offenses dealt with by such courts included "sins of immorality, witchcraft, usury, simony, neglect of the sacraments, and withholding tithes or offering".

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paritornoun

   an apparitor

2. Etymology: [Abbrev. fr. apparitor: cf. L. paritor a servant, attendant.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Paritor

   par′i-tor, n. Same as Apparitor.

How to pronounce paritor?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say paritor in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of paritor in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of paritor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=paritor
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paritor
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paritor
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=paritor