Curiate

Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective

Meaning

Of or relating to a curia..

Example Sentences

Whereupon having received the Senates Decree, viz. That Camillus, being by the curiate aſſembly recalled from Baniſhment, ſhould by order of the People be immediately declared Dictator, and that the Soldiers ſhould have whom they pleaſed for their General;

I have stated what I consider compelling reasons why the Hortensian Law(s) would have best served their purpose if they were curiate.

Although lacking the tight kinship focus evident in the gentilicial organization of the aristocracy, the settled population did still maintain internal divisions, as evidenced by the curiate system in Rome.

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