APPARITIONAL
Ap`pa*ri"tion*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral. "An apparitional soul." Tylor.
APPARITOR
Ap*par"i*tor, n. Etym: [L., fr. apparere. See Appear.]
1. Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders. Before any of his apparitors could execute the sentence, he was himself summoned away by a sterner apparitor to the other world. De Quincey.
2. (Law)
Defn: A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.
APPAUME Ap`pau`mé", n. Etym: [F. appaumé; (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma.] (Her.)
Defn: A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.
APPAY Ap*pay", v. t. Etym: [OF. appayer, apaier, LL. appacare, appagare, fr. L. ad + pacare to pacify, pax, pacis, peace. See Pay, Appease.]
Defn: To pay; to satisfy or appease. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.