custos rotulorum

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The main justice of the peace in a given county of England, Wales or Ireland. historical
    — Mr Casaubon made a dignified though somewhat sad audience; […] mindful that this desultoriness was associated with the institutions of the country, and that the man who took him on this severe mental scamper was not only an amiable host, but a landholder and custos rotulorum.
  2. The chief magistrate and representative of the Governor-General in a Jamaican parish.

词形变化

custodes rotulorum plural

词源

From Medieval Latin custos rotulorum, from Latin custōs (“custos, keeper”) + genitive plural of rotulus (“roll”).
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