lictor
lictor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An officer who bore an ax and fasces or rods, as ensigns of his office. His duty was to attend the chief magistrates when they appeared in public, to clear the way, and cause due respect to be paid to them, also to apprehend and punish criminals. Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power. Milton.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- administration
- administrative
- aedile
- alguazil
- arm
- authority
- bailiff
- bailiwick
- beadle
- bearer
- bedel
- bureau
- catchpoll
- causidical
- commission
- constable
- constabulary
- cop
- coroner
- corporation
- customhouse
- department
- douanier
- edile
- exciseman
- executive
- extension
- extradite
- extradition
- force
- fuzz
- gager
- gang
- gauger
- gendarme
- inquisitorial
- judge
- judgment
- judicatory
- judicature
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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