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Definition of: apparitor
(ə·par′ə·tər, ə·pâr′-) noun
1. Formerly, an official of a civil court.
2. In ecclesiastical law, an official who serves summonses and executes the processes of an ecclesiastical court.
3. Brit. The beadle of a university. [<L <apparere appear]
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