The difference between Justiciar and Justiciary
When used as nouns, justiciar means a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval england or scotland, whereas justiciary means a judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
Justiciary is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to justification or redemption before god.
check bellow for the other definitions of Justiciar and Justiciary
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Justiciar as a noun (historical):
One who administers justice, particularly: A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. A justice: a high-ranking judge. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
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Justiciar as a noun (Christian, theology, rare):
A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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Justiciary as a noun (Scotland, countable, chiefly, _, historical):
A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.
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Justiciary as a noun (Originally, _, Scotland, uncountable):
The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.
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Justiciary as a noun (historical):
One who administers justice, particularly: A judge or justice. A magistrate. A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries. A justiciar: a high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland. Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
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Justiciary as a noun (Christian, theology):
A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):
Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):
Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.
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Justiciary as an adjective:
Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.