curia

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Noun
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cu=ri=a

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun curia has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

curian. [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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