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Webster 1913 Edition

Paritor

Par′i-tor

,
Noun.
[Abbrev. fr.
apparitor
: cf. L.
paritor
a servant, attendant.]
An apparitor.
“Summoned by an host of paritors.”
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Paritor

PAR'ITOR

,
Noun.
[for apparitor.] A beadle; a summoner of the courts of civil law.

Definition 2024

paritor

paritor

English

Noun

paritor ‎(plural paritors)

  1. Obsolete form of apparitor.
    • Dryden
      Summoned by an host of paritors.

Latin

Verb

paritor

  1. second-person singular future passive imperative of pariō
  2. third-person singular future passive imperative of pariō

References

Etymology

Compare apparitor and Latin paritor a servant, attendant.

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