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Definition of Curia
1. Noun. (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church.
Category relationships: Church Of Rome, Roman Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church
Generic synonyms: Administration, Brass, Establishment, Governance, Governing Body, Organisation, Organization
Definition of Curia
1. n. One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.
Definition of Curia
1. Proper noun. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome ¹
3. Noun. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic ¹
4. Noun. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Curia
1. a court of justice [n -RIAE] : CURIAL [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curia
Literary usage of Curia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"Under the organizing hand of Bishop Roger the curia was developed into a strong
... Under the administration of Roger the financial department of the curia— ..."
2. Hakluytus posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"Our course, after wee ite off the land, alongst by Abba del curia, ... And Abba
del curia a long narrow ragged Hand, may be in length East and ..."
3. A History of English Law by William Searle Holdsworth, John Burke (1903)
"2 The civil pleas of the crown determined in the curia Regis are pleas concerning
baronies, the advowsons of churches, status, dower, the non- observance of ..."
4. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1793)
"Ch. J. Br. curia Claud, pi. 2. in the land cites 22 H. 6, 7, 8. nmmm-- train damage
... but he (hall not have a curia ..."
5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians (1903)
"It was the emphatic testimony of interested observers that the Roman curia, in
its immovable adherence to its evil ways, was the real cause of the uprising. ..."
6. A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History by Dudley Julius Medley (1902)
"Thus in 1178 it was expressly said that the questions which could not be settled
by the five judges who should remain at the curia Regis, ..."
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