curial
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
curial (comparative more curial, superlative most curial)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a court; courtly.
- Pertaining to the papal curia.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 116:
- 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 […].
Derived terms
Noun
curial (plural curials)
- A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.
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Adjective
curial (feminine curiale, masculine plural curiaux, feminine plural curiales)
- curial (all senses)
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Further reading
- “curial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology
Adjective
curial m or n (feminine singular curială, masculine plural curiali, feminine and neuter plural curiale)
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References
Etymology
Adjective
curial m or f (masculine and feminine plural curiales)
Related terms
Further reading
- “curial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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