justiciar, justiciary
(noun) formerly a high judicial officer
Source: WordNet® 3.1
justiciar (plural justiciars)
(historical) One who administers justice, particularly:
(historical) A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
(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.
(Christian, theology, rare) A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
• (One who administers justice generally): justicer, justiciary
• (A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England): justiciary
• (A judge of a superior court): See justice
• (The chief judicial officer of medieval England): justiciary, Chief Justiciary, Capital Justiciary; Chief Justiciar, Capital Justiciar
• (Proponent of a theological doctrine): See legalist
Source: Wiktionary
Jus*ti"ci*ar, n.
Definition: Same as Justiciary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 February 2025
(noun) some artifact that has been restored or reconstructed; “the restoration looked exactly like the original”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
