Definition of "Rhadamanthus"

Rhadamanthus

/ˌɹæ.dəˈmæn.θəs/

proper noun
1. (Greek mythology) A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades.
noun
plural Rhadamanthuses
1. (figuratively) A strict and just judge.
  Quotations
  It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it.
  1859 December 13, Charles Dickens [et al.], “(please specify the name of the story)”, in Charles Dickens, editor, The Haunted House. The Extra Christmas Number of All the Year Round […], volume II, London: […] C. Whiting, […]
  Nothing is now heard but the ticking of a quaint old timepiece on the summit of a bookcase. Ten minutes pass; he captures her knight; she takes his knight, and looks a very Rhadamanthus.
  1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, “‘He Heard Her Musical Pants’”, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. […], volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, page 82