aulic

[aw-lik]

adjective

1. of or relating to a royal court.

aulic

/ ˈɔːlɪk /

adjective

1. rare,  relating to a royal court

Other Word Forms

• interaulic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of aulic¹

1695–1705; < Latin aulicus < Greek aulikós courtly, equivalent to aul ( ḗ ) hall, court + -ikos -ic

Word History and Origins

Origin of aulic¹

C18: from Latin aulicus, from Greek aulikos belonging to a prince's court, from aulē court

Example Sentences

In 1787 he was appointed one of the professors of philosophy, and then of history at G�ttingen, and he afterwards was chosen aulic councillor, privy councillor, &c., the usual rewards of successful German scholars.

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The first recorded privilege in Germany was issued by the imperial Aulic Council in 1501, to the Rhenish Celtic Sodalitas for the printing of dramas of the nun-poet, Hroswitha, who had been dead for 600 years, as prepared by Celtes of Nuremberg.

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He created Titian a Count of the Lateran Palace, of the Aulic Council, and of the Consistory; with the title of Count Palatine, and all the advantages attached to those dignities.

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Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities.

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The term is now applied to a council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and the members of different provincial chanceries of that empire are called aulic councilors.

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