curial

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈkjʊəɹɪəl/ (UK)

Definition of curial

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Pertaining to a court; courtly.
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adj

  1. Pertaining to a court; courtly.
  2. Pertaining to the papal curia.
    “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 […].”

noun

  1. A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.

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