giudicatura

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin iūdicātūra (“judgeship”).
Surface analysis: giudicato (“judgement”) +‎ -ura (collective suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.di.kaˈtu.ra/, [d͡ʒud̪ikäˈt̪uːr̺ä]
  • Stress: giudicatùra
  • Hyphenation: giu‧di‧ca‧tu‧ra

Noun

giudicatura f (plural giudicature)

  1. (obsolete) The office of a judge; judgeship
  2. (historical) The authority held by a monarch over a state (giudicato) in medieval Sardinia. [10th - 14th c.]
  3. (historical) Any district, with an extension similar to that of a bailiwick or governorate, in the Kingdom of Sardinia. [18th - 19th c.]

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