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- noun Plural form of
paritor .
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III. i.188 (382,3) [Of trotting paritors] An _apparitor_, or _paritor_. is an officer of the bishop's court who carries out citations; as citations are most frequently issued for fornication, the
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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