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Definition of Aulic
1. a. Pertaining to a royal court.
2. n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic).
Definition of Aulic
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly ¹
2. Noun. A ceremony at some European universities to confer a doctor of divinity degree ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aulic
1. pertaining to a royal court [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aulic
Literary usage of Aulic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Max died before the renewed aulic Council came into working order. Later.
its permanent establishment was secured, and as time went on it proved a rather ..."
2. An Historical Development of the Present Political Constitution of the by Johann Stephan Pütter, Josiah Dornford (1790)
"CHAPTER II. fbe Imperial aulic Council^ Court of the Princes, ... a College of
Regency at Vienna, an Exchequer, and an aulic Council, or a college of ..."
3. The Military Policy of the United States by Emory Upton (1912)
"SECOND aulic COUNCIL. As one of the natural consequences of having no General in
Chief, there sprang up about this time what has aptly been called the ..."
4. The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French: With a Preliminary by Walter Scott (1827)
"... to the interference of the aulic Council; who, sitting at Vienna, and ignorant
of the changes and vicissitudes of the campaign, were yet, by the ancient ..."
5. The Works of William Robertson: To which is Prefixed an Account of His Life by William Robertson, Alexander Stewart (1820)
"Whereas the judges of the aulic council, depending upon one master, and being
responsible to him alone, are more vigorous and decisive. ..."
6. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Decree of the aulic council against the elector of Hanover and others—§ XXIII.
Bremen taken by the duke de Broglio, and retaken by prince Ferdinand—§ XXIV. ..."
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