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An officer whose duty it was to announce the doom or sentence pronounced by the court.

Capable of being deposed or deprived of office. Howell.

The act of deposing from office; a removal from the throne. Fox.

To remove from a throne or other high station; to dethrone; to divest or deprive of office. A tyrant over his subjects, and therefore worthy to be deposed. Prynne.

One who deposes or degrades from office.

The act of setting aside a sovereign or a public officer; deprivation of authority and dignity; displacement; removal.

hing is deposited for sale or keeping; as, warehouse is a depository for goods; a clerk's office is a depository for records.

To divest of office; to depose; to dispossess of dignity, especially ecclesiastical. A miniser deprived for inconformity. Bacon.

The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency. The authority of conscience stands founded upon its vicegerency and deputation under God. South.

itue of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc. There was then [in the days of Jehoshaphat] no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 1 Kings xxii. 47. God'…

To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the opposite of consecrate. The [Russian] clergy can not suffer corporal punishment without being previously desecrated. W. Tooke. The founders of monasteries imprecated evil…

To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station.

An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies.

nment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. W. Irving.

To tell off or appoint for a particular service, as an officer, a troop, or a squadron.

for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer.

of nature are of equal power. -- Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." Macaulay. -- Tasmanian devil (Zoöl.), a very savage carnivorous marsupia…

s with to or into; as, after the general fell, the command devolved upon (or on) the next officer in rank. His estate . . . devolved to Lord Somerville. Johnson.

The office of a deacon; deaconship; also, a body or board of deacons.

The office, or the term of office, of a dictator; hence, absolute power.