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.]