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Quirinal|ˈkwɪrɪnəl|
[ad. It. Quirinale (also used), f. L. collis Quirīnālis.]
The name of the royal (now presidential) palace on the Quirinal hill in Rome, and hence used to designate the Italian monarchy or government, esp. as distinct from the Vatican. Also attrib.
1851W. E. Gladstone tr. Farini's Roman State II. i. 3 The Civic Guards and the commonalty gave the wonted expression of their thanks in the Piazza of the Quirinal. 1881E. W. Hamilton Diary 7 Dec. (1972) I. 195 Errington..whom suspicious people regard as a probable diplomatic agent at the Quirinal, seems..to be going rather too fast ahead. 1905J. Webster Wheat Princess vii. 78 Being interested in the domestic arrangements of kings, she was insistent that they visit the Quirinal. 1917N. Douglas South Wind xxxiv. 408 A feeling of joyous elation at the prospect..of a battle between the Vatican and the Quirinal. 1922Contemp. Rev. Nov. 583 The complete accord which exists in practice between the Vatican and the Quirinal. 1927E. M. Forster Aspects of Novel viii. 193 He..sets him out to explore [Roman] society..café, studio, Vatican and Quirinal purlieus are all reached. 1949N. Mitford Love in Cold Climate i. x. 107 Friendship with royal personages only ever began for her when their days of glory were finished. Tsarkoe-Selo, Schönbrunn, the Quirinal,..and the island of Corfu had never known her, unless among an enormous crowd in the state apartments. 1979N. Slater Falcon v. 91 He looked more like a country squire than Her Majesty's Ambassador to the Quirinale. |