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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural curiae) Etymology: Latin, perhaps from co- + vir man — more at virile Date: 1600 1. a. a division of the ancient Roman people comprising several gentes of a tribe b. the place of assembly of one of these divisions 2. a. the court of a medieval king b. a court of justice 3. often capitalized the body of congregations, tribunals, and offices through which the pope governs the Roman Catholic Church • curial adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (also curia) the papal court; the government departments of the Vatican. Derivatives: Curial adj. Etymology: L: orig. a division of an ancient Roman tribe, the senate house at Rome, a feudal court of justice

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Curia Cu"ri*a (k?"r?-?), n.; pl. Curle (-?). [L.] 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. (c) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house. 2. (Middle Ages) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. --Burrill. 3. (Law) Any court of justice. 4. The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.