giudicatura
Italian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin iūdicātūra (“judgeship”). By surface analysis, giudicato (“judgement”) + -ura (collective suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.di.kaˈtu.ra/
- Rhymes: -ura
- Hyphenation: giu‧di‧ca‧tù‧ra
Noun
giudicatura f (plural giudicature)
- (obsolete) the office of a judge; judgeship
- Synonym: giudicato
- (historical) the authority held by a monarch over a state (giudicato) in medieval Sardinia. [10th–14th c.]
- (historical) any district, with an extension similar to that of a bailiwick or governorate, in the Kingdom of Sardinia. [18th–19th c.]