Usually means: Administrative body of the Vatican.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. curia: Merriam-Webster
  2. Curia: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curia: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. curia: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Curia: Vocabulary.com
  6. Curia, curia: Wordnik
  7. the Curia, the curia: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Curia, curia: Wiktionary
  9. curia: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. curia: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. curia: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Curia, curia: Dictionary.com
  13. curia: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Curia (Catholic Church), Curia (Roman Catholic Church), Curia (disambiguation), Curia (gens), Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius), Curia: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Curia: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. curia: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Curia: Rhymezone
  18. Curia: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. curia: FreeDictionary.org
  20. curia: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  21. curia: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. curia: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. curia: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Curia (land), curia: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CURIA: Acronym Finder

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Curia)

▸ noun:  (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
▸ noun:  (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
▸ noun:  (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
▸ noun:  The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

Similar:
collegium, comitia, decurion, senate, Roman law, civitas, vicus, Romanist, coire licet, justitium, more...

Opposite:
non-curial, non-ecclesiastical, secular

Types:
RomCuria, Clergy, Laity, more...

Phrases:
Roman Curia, Curia regis, papal curia, curia romana, ex curia, more...

Adjectives:
papal, roman, diocesan, episcopal, second, royal, whole, magna, fifth, urban, feudal


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Similar:
collegium, comitia, decurion, senate, Roman law, civitas, vicus, Romanist, coire licet, justitium, more...

Opposite:
non-curial, non-ecclesiastical, secular

Types:
RomCuria, Clergy, Laity, more...

Phrases:
Roman Curia, Curia regis, papal curia, curia romana, ex curia, profert in curia, rectus in curia, Curia Julia, Curia of Pompey, Curia advisari vult, Curia Hostilia, more...

Adjectives:
papal, roman, diocesan, episcopal, second, royal, whole, magna, fifth, urban, feudal



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