Bible Encyclopedias
Sompnour

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(i.e. summoner), a term found in Chaucer and other of our older writers to designate the officer who is now called an apparitor, whose duty it is to summon delinquents to appear in ecclesiastical courts.

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sompnour'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sompnour.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.