Aulic

[ɔ:lik]

Definition

(a.) Pertaining to a royal court.

(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).

Typist: Stacey

Definition

adj. pertaining to a royal court.—Aulic Council (Ger. Reichshofrath) a court or personal council of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1501 by Maximilian I. and co-ordinate with the Imperial Chamber (Reichskammergericht).

Edited by Kelsey