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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  1. Justiciary as a noun (Scotland, countable, chiefly, _, historical):

    A judgeship: a judge's jurisdiction, power, or office.

  2. Justiciary as a noun (Originally, _, Scotland, uncountable):

    The judiciary: a collective term for the court system or the body of judges, justices etc.

  3. 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.

  4. Justiciary as a noun (Christian, theology):

    A believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

  1. Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):

    Of or relating to justification or redemption before God.

  2. Justiciary as an adjective (Christian, theology, obsolete):

    Of or relating to the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.

  3. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Judicial: of or relating to the administration of justice, judges, or judgeships.

  4. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Of or relating to the High Court of Justiciary.

  5. Justiciary as an adjective:

    Of or relating to a circuit court held by one of the judges of the High Court of Justiciary.