Look up: curia

1. curia
   Latin, meaning: court
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2. Curia
   (Latin) the Roman senate building located in the forum in which approximately 200 senators could meet; originally, a curia was one of the three parts in which Romulus divided the Roman people and was also the meeting place of a curia; the first curia, the Curia Hostilia, was built by Tullus Hostiliu...
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3. Curia
   Roman Senate House, situated in the Forum Romanum (see under forum). ...
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4. Curia
   The Senate House, the customary meeting place of the Senate in the Forum Romanum, where during the Republic, senators met to govern Rome. Before each session, the President would consult an augur. There was also a curia in the Theatre of Pompey on the Campus Martius. In the colonies and townships in the provinces, it was the meeting place of the mu…
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5. Curia
   Cu'ri·a noun ; plural Curle (-...). [ Latin ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. (b) The place of assembly of one of these divisions. ...
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6. Curia
   noun (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church
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7. Curia
   • (n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana. • (n.) The place of assembly of one of these divisions. • (n.) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. • (n.) The place w...
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8. curia
   in ancient Rome, a political division of the people. According to tradition Romulus, the city`s founder, divided the people into 3 tribes and 30 ... [1 related articles]
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9. curia
   in European medieval history, a court, or group of persons who attended a ruler at any given time for social, political, or judicial purposes. Its ... [8 related articles]
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10. Curia
    Lat. "Court" in the sense of an assembly of advisors to make law and render decisions to a feudal superior; the Royal Court
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11. Curia
    Curia was anciently one of the thirty divisions of the Roman people, which Romulus is said to have established. The term also describes the place of assembly for each of these divisions. The comitia curiata was the assembly of the people in curiae.
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12. Curia
    A `curia` in early Roman times was a subdivision of the people, i.e. more or less a tribe, and with a metonymy it came to mean also the meeting place where the tribe discussed its affairs. Etymologically it is derived from the Old Latin term "co-viria," literally an "association of me...
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13. Curia
    (Roman Catholic Church) In Roman Catholicism, a `curia` consists of a group of officials who assist in the governance of a particular Church. These curias range from the relatively simple diocesan curia, to the larger patriarchal curias, to the Roman Curia, which is the central government of ...
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