curial

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkjʊəɹɪəl/

Adjective

curial (comparative more curial, superlative most curial)

1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a court; courtly.
2. 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

• curialism
• curialist
• extracurial

Noun

curial (plural curials)

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

Anagrams

• Ulrica, Uralic, lauric, uracil

French

Etymology

From Latin curiālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

curial (feminine curiale, masculine plural curiaux, feminine plural curiales)

1. curial (all senses)

Related terms

• curie

Further reading

• “curial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin curialis or French curial.

Adjective

curial m or n (feminine singular curială, masculine plural curiali, feminine and neuter plural curiale)

1. curial

Declension

Declension of curial

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	curial		curială		curiali	curiale
	definite	curialul		curiala		curialii	curialele
genitive- dative	indefinite	curial		curiale		curiali	curiale
	definite	curialului		curialei		curialilor	curialelor

References

• curial in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin curiālis.

Adjective

curial m or f (masculine and feminine plural curiales)

1. curial

Related terms

• curia

Further reading

• “curial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10