The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrutator \Scru*ta"tor\, n. [L.]
One who scrutinizes; a close examiner or inquirer.
--Ayliffe.
Wiktionary
n. A person who scrutinizes or investigates.
Wikipedia
Scrutator is the third book in Ian Irvine's The Well of Echoes quartet. It is named Alchymist in the UK and Canada.
Category:2004 novels
Usage examples of "scrutator".
Preservation of the belief system which supported the tranquil, unchanging culture of Haven was the particular duty of the scrutators, who reported to the Invigilator, an officer of the Tribunal, the body that assured the continuation of the traditions of Haven.
And remember that the Invigilator of the Covenants, chief of all scrutators and a high-ranking member of the Tribunal, is at odds with Count Farmoor over a question of interpretation.
Rongor, appointed by the Tribune as Invigilator of the Covenants, commander of the scrutators, who would be mightily offended if he knew about the Lady Charmante, as the covenants are strict on matters of gender.
The members of the Tribunal, the Covenanters, served as clergy, and the Invigilator enforced compliance on those the scrutators found nonconforming.
Any hint that a girl might be too fond of one of her friends provoked the scrutator, and the Marshal would be much offended to think she could possibly prefer any other role to the frugal, complex, and thankless one that he, God, and the covenants had bestowed upon her.
In the Sanctuary of the Scrutators they were admitted to a solemn reading of the sayings of the prophetess (two chanters and a dozen intoners), given instruction for those faithful to the Overmind, and supplied with the names of co-religionists on Hobb's Land.