qualificator

noun

qual·​i·​fi·​ca·​tor

-tə(r)

plural -s

: an officer whose business it is to examine and prepare causes for trial in the ecclesiastical courts of the Roman Catholic Church

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin, from qualificatus (past participle of qualificare) + Latin -or

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