The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Apparitor \Ap*par"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges
to execute their orders.
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Before any of his apparitors could execute the
sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner
apparitor to the other world. --De Quincey.
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2. (Law) A messenger or officer who serves the process of an
ecclesiastical court. --Bouvier.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Beadle \Bea"dle\, n. [OE. bedel, bidel, budel, OF. bedel, F.
bedeau, fr. OHG. butil, putil, G. b["u]ttel, fr. OHG. biotan,
G. bieten, to bid, confused with AS. bydel, the same word as
OHG. butil. See. Bid, v.]
1. A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites
or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an
apparitor or summoner.
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2. An officer in a university, who precedes public
processions of officers and students. [Eng.]
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Note: In this sense the archaic spellings bedel (Oxford) and
bedell (Cambridge) are preserved.
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3. An inferior parish officer in England having a variety of
duties, as the preservation of order in church service,
the chastisement of petty offenders, etc.
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