Aulic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɔː.lɪk/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Aulic is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
More Meanings
- (architecture) Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace.
- A ceremony at some European universities to confer a Doctor of Divinity degree.
- (biology) Pertaining to the reproductive ducts of certain organisms.
Example Sentences
The basic structure of the villa is aulic, with perpendicular rooms at either end of the main hall.
Derived ultimately from imperial aulic art, the scheme was well established in the Christian repertoire by the ninth century.
Comparisons of Charon's eyes to a light at night and a festive bonfire add a popular touch that has its own effectiveness when compared to the more aulic poetry of the time.
But an increased sense of ambition, the coming into existence of an urban, aulic nobility, and the decay of religious life added to the friction and the desire to be "equal."
Word Forms
- aulics
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include courtly, curial, curialistic, regalian, curiate, lordly.
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