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curia |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Curia \Cu"ri*a\ (k?"r?-?), n.; pl {Curle} (-?). [L.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) a One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. b The place of assembly of one of these divisions. c The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house. 2. (Middle Ages) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also his residence or his household. --Burrill. 3. (Law) Any court of justice. 4. The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also {curia Romana}.
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