curialadj.n.
/ˈkjʊərɪəl/, /ˈkjɔːrɪəl/, U.S. /ˈkjʊriəl/ A. adj.† 1. Of or pertaining to a royal court; having the manners befitting a court; courtly. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > well-mannered > courtly
courtlyc1450
curial1478
court-like1552
courtierly1880
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > [adjective] > relating to sovereign and ministers or court
curial1478
courtly1483
1478 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 45 And other fourmes curiall after the booke of urbanitie.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. j The lyf Curiall, whyche thou desirest.
1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. ij The maner of the peple curyall or courtly.
1520 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 56 To..fall to more curiall, discrete, and clenly order, than ever they used before.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 15 And to my sisteris, and Ladyis curiall.
2. Of or pertaining to a curia: (a) of an ancient Roman or an Italian curia; (b) of a judicial, administrative, or other court; (c) of the papal Curia.
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society > faith > church government > ecclesiastical discipline > court > papal court (Curia) > [adjective]
curial1677
curialistic1870
Vaticanic1898
Vaticanal1899
Vaticanical1908
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [adjective] > relating to ancient Roman or Italian
curial1677
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 280 The Vicar of the Podestat, or some other Curial Officer, is permitted to go in their stead.
1864 A. J. Horwood Yearbks. 32 & 33 Edward I Introd. 19 (note) In the celebrated Pinenden plea..there is no appearance of curial formalities being observed.
1882 Sat. Rev. 18 Mar. 323 The present Pope, so far as he is left untrammelled by the exigencies of conventional or curial etiquette.
B. n.† 1. A member of a court; a courtier. Obsolete.† 3. A treatise on the Court. Obsolete.The title given to the treatise or letter of Alain Chartier translated by Caxton.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > courtier
hired-gomec1275
courtierc1290
court-manc1386
gentlemanc1400
curial1447
courtnoll1568
gentleman-at-large1583
courty1606
courtling1616
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 77 Thou maryd shal bene..To sum curyal of ryht gret dignite.
2. A member of an ancient Roman or an Italian curia.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > other national governing or legislative bodies > [noun] > in ancient world > in ancient Italy other than Rome > member of
curial1677
1677 tr. A.-N. Amelot de La Houssaie Hist. Govt. Venice 280 If the Curial should become a Councellor, the Assistance..would degenerate into Counsel.
1861 J. G. Sheppard Fall of Rome viii. 415 Each municipality was made responsible in the person of its curials, or chief officers..for its own amount of taxation.
1873 G. W. Kitchin Hist. France I. i. vi. 52 The curials (or members of the civil municipality) lost their authority.
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1483 W. Caxton in tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iij v Thus endeth the Curial made by maystre Alain Charretier. Translated thus in Englyssh by Wylliam Caxton.
1828 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Tancredus xviii. 331 What wisdom is in this sentence of Alain Chartier in his Curial?
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