Curial
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkjʊəɹɪəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Curial is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a court; courtly.
Meaning
Pertaining to a court; courtly.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to the papal curia.
- A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.
Example Sentences
In favouring the well-connected, politically and culturally sophisticated Italian merchants and diplomats who regularly arrived in England on curial business Henry killed two birds with one stone, gratifying popes by the attention and respect shown to their intimates, and employing them as his own eyes and ears at Rome […].
Word Forms
- curials
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include curialistic, curiate, courtly, aulic, curatial, curatic.
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