Curia Regis

American  

[kyoor-ee-uh ree-jis] / ˈkjʊər i ə ˈri dʒɪs /

noun

(often lowercase)

1. a small, permanent council, composed chiefly of officials in the household of a Norman king, that served in an advisory and administrative capacity.

2. great council.

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Curia Regis British  

/ ˈriːdʒɪs /

noun

1. (in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government

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Etymology

Origin of Curia Regis

< Medieval Latin: literally, (the) king's curia

Example Sentences

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Curia Regis

Curia Regis, the, organised under Henry I., 127; strengthened by Henry II.,

From A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII by Gardiner, Samuel Rawson

The official nobility trained at the Exchequer and Curia Regis, and bound together by the daily work of administering justice, formed a class which was quite unknown anywhere on the continent.

From Henry the Second by Green, Mrs. J. R.

Before long the name of the Curia Regis was exclusively applied to the new court of appeal.

From Henry the Second by Green, Mrs. J. R.

In a Curia Regis, held at Lismore, he imagined he had arranged temporal affairs.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

In his Curia Regis, at Lismore, he modelled Irish administration on Norman precedents, apparently forgetting that a kingdom and a province should be differently governed.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances