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Rhad⋅a⋅man⋅thys

[rad-uh-man-thuhs]
–noun
1. Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
2. an inflexibly just or severe judge.
Also, Rhad⋅a⋅man⋅thus.


Rhad⋅a⋅man⋅thine [rad-uh-man-thin, -thahyn] , adjective
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Rhad·a·man·thine   (rād'ə-mān'thĭn, -thīn')   
adj.  Strictly and uncompromisingly just.

[From Rhadamanthus.]
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