curia
IPA: kjˈʊriʌ
noun
- (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
- (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
- (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
- The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Examples of "curia" in Sentences
- It was the largest of all the curia built.
- Disciplinary Commission of the Roman Curia.
- It is also sometimes termed in chambers or in curia.
- It is also sometimes termed in chambers or in curia .
- A statement like that is customary in the roman curia.
- The central staff of the General is known as the Curia.
- It was abolished in the reforms of the Papal Curia of 1968.
- The Curia are an essential and functional part of the Church.
- In fact the Curia Julia is the third incarnation of this curia.
- It was probably in the curia that the senate is recorded as meeting.