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curia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun curia has 1 sense
- curia(n = noun.group) Array - (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church; Array is a part of church of rome, roman catholic, roman catholic church, roman church, western church
is a kind of administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization
CIDE DICTIONARY
curia, n. [L.].
- One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. [1913 Webster]
- The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Any court of justice. [1913 Webster]
- The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also
curia Romana . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
curia, n. (also curia) the papal court; the government departments of the Vatican.
Derivative
Curial adj.
Etymology
L: orig. a division of an ancient Roman tribe, the senate house at Rome, a feudal court of justice
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