Apparitor
Pronunciation : Ap*par"i*tor
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
Definition : 1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.
2. (Law)
Defn: A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913