Rhadamanthus

//ˌɹæ.dəˈmæn.θəs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A strict and just judge. figuratively

    "It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it."

  2. 2
    (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades. Greek

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aeacusaidesaidoneusastraeablindfolded justicecerberus

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"It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it."

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus).

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