Paritor, apparitor, an officer of the Bishop's Court, who carries out citations: (Cupid) “sole imperator and great general of trotting --s,” LLL III, 188 ("as citations are most frequently issued for fornication, the p. is put under Cupid's government." Johnson). OEdd. parrators.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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