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curia

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See also: Curia and cúria

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin curia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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curia (plural curias or curiae)

  1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
  2. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
  3. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin cūria.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈku.rja/
  • Rhymes: -urja
  • Hyphenation: cù‧ria

Noun

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curia f (plural curie)

  1. diocese
  2. the Curia
  3. a professional association

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From coviria (male community), analogous to com- + vir.

Noun

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cūria f (genitive cūriae); first declension

  1. court
  2. senate or meeting house
  3. (Medieval Latin) council, senate
Declension
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cūria cūriae
genitive cūriae cūriārum
dative cūriae cūriīs
accusative cūriam cūriās
ablative cūriā cūriīs
vocative cūria cūriae
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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see curium.

Noun

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curia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of curium

References

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  • curia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • curia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • curia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • curia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • curia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • curia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • curia”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Sicilian

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Noun

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curia f

  1. Alternative spelling of curria

Spanish

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Noun

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curia f (plural curias)

  1. curia

Further reading

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