Delivering o'er to executors paw&?;
The lazy, yawning drone.
Shak.
3. (Law) The person appointed by a testator to execute his will, or to see its provisions carried into effect, after his decease.
||Executor de son tort [Of., executor of his own wrong] (Law), a stranger who intermeddles without authority in the distribution of the estate of a deceased person.
Ex*ec`u*to"ri*al (?), a. [LL. executorialis.] Of or pertaining to an executive.
Ex*ec"u*tor*ship (?), n. The office of an executor.
Ex*ec"u*to*ry (?), a. [LL. executorius, L. exsecutorius: cf.F. exécutoire.] 1. Pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive.
The official and executory duties of government.
Burke.
2. (Law) Designed to be executed or carried into effect in time to come, or to take effect on a future contingency; as, an executory devise, reminder, or estate; an executory contract. Blackstone.
Ex*ec"u*tress (?), n. [Cf.F. exécutrice.] An executrix.
Ex*ec"u*trix (?), n. [LL.] (Law) A woman exercising the functions of an executor.
Ex"e*dent (?), a. [L. exedent, -entis, p. pr. of exedere. See Exesion.] Eating out; consuming. [R.]
||Ex"e*dra (ks"*dr), n.; pl. Exedræ (- dr). [L., fr. Gr 'exe`dra; 'ex out + "e`dra seat.] 1. (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
2. (Arch.) (a) The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form. (b) Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.
Ex`e*ge"sis (?), n.; pl. Exegeses (#). [NL., fr.Gr. &?;,fr. &?; to explain, interpret; &?; out + &?; to guide, lead, akin, to &?; to lead. See Agent.] 1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.