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curial

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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curial (comparative more curial, superlative most curial)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to a court; courtly.
  2. 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 […].

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Noun

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curial (plural curials)

  1. A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin curiālis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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curial (feminine curiale, masculine plural curiaux, feminine plural curiales)

  1. curial (all senses)
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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin curialis or French curial.

Adjective

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curial m or n (feminine singular curială, masculine plural curiali, feminine and neuter plural curiale)

  1. curial

Declension

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Declension of curial
singular plural
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

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  • curial in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin curiālis.

Adjective

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curial m or f (masculine and feminine plural curiales)

  1. curial
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