justiciar
/d͡ʒʌsˈtɪsi.ɑː(ɹ)/noun
High School
1
A high-ranking judicial officer of medieval England or Scotland.
2
A justice: a high-ranking judge.
3
A Chief Justiciar: the highest political and judicial officer of the Kingdom of England in the 12th and 13th centuries.
4
Various equivalent medieval offices elsewhere in Europe.
5
A justiciary: a believer in the doctrine (or heresy) that adherence to religious law redeems mankind before God.
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