Curia

[kjuәriә]

Definition

(noun.) (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church.

Checker: Rudolph--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.

(n.) The place of assembly of one of these divisions.

(n.) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.

(n.) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

(n.) Any court of justice.

(n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.

Typist: Lottie

Definition

n. one of the ten divisions of a Roman tribe: a building in which the senate met a provincial senate: a court legislative or judicial: the court of the papal see.—ns. Cū′rialism; Cū′rialist.—adj. Curialist′ic.

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