audiencer
/ˈɔːdɪənsə/(also audiencier) historical after 18th cent
noun
1In the Spanish Netherlands: (the title of) a senior chancery official.
- In English use chiefly with reference to Louis Verreycken, an official involved in peace negotiations between England and Spain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries..
2In France: (the title of) a chancery official whose responsibilities included auditing letters patent prior to sealing and collecting fees payable on these.
- grand audiencer (of France): any of the four officials serving in quarterly rotation as audiencer at the royal chancery in Paris..
Origin
Late 16th century. Probably partly from Middle French, French audiencier chancery official whose responsibilities included auditing letters patent prior to sealing and collecting fees payable on these, senior chancery official originally employed by the Duke of Burgundy, later in the Spanish Netherlands from audience + -ier;.