giudicatura
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Medieval Latin iūdicātūra (“judgeship”). By surface analysis, giudicato (“judgement”) + -ura (collective suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.]