curial
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcurial (comparative more curial, superlative most curial)
- (obsolete) Pertaining to a court; courtly.
- Pertaining to the papal curia.
- 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 116:
- In favouring the well-connected, politically and culturally sophisticated Italian merchants and diplomats who regularly arrived in England on curial business Henry killed two birds with one stone, gratifying popes by the attention and respect shown to their intimates, and employing them as his own eyes and ears at Rome […].
Derived terms
editNoun
editcurial (plural curials)
- A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.
Anagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Adjective
editcurial (feminine curiale, masculine plural curiaux, feminine plural curiales)
- curial (all senses)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “curial”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin curialis or French curial.
Adjective
editcurial m or n (feminine singular curială, masculine plural curiali, feminine and neuter plural curiale)
Declension
editDeclension of curial
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | curial | curială | curiali | curiale | ||
definite | curialul | curiala | curialii | curialele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | curial | curiale | curiali | curiale | ||
definite | curialului | curialei | curialilor | curialelor |
References
editSpanish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcurial m or f (masculine and feminine plural curiales)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “curial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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