English

Proper noun

Curia

1. The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

Translations

Anagrams

• auric, cauri

English

Noun

curia ‎(plural 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

Related terms

• Curia

Anagrams

• auric, cauri

Italian

Noun

curia f ‎(plural curie)

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

Anagrams

• arcui, curai, urica

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cūria f ‎(genitive cūriae); first declension

1. court
2. senate or meeting house

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• curiātim

Etymology 2

see curium.

Noun

curia

1. nominative plural of curium
2. accusative plural of curium
3. vocative plural of curium

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “curia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Noun

curia f

1. Alternative spelling of curria

Spanish

Noun

curia f ‎(plural curias)

1. curia