Curia Regis

[ kyoor-ee-uh-ree-jis ]

/ ˈkyʊər i ə ˈri dʒɪs /

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noun (often lowercase)English History.

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

great council (def. 1).

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Origin of Curia Regis

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

Words nearby Curia Regis

curettage, curette, curettement, curfew, curia, Curia Regis, Curia Romana, curie, Curie, Marie, Curie point, Curie's law

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How to use Curia Regis in a sentence

His words apply not only to the Roman Curia at the Vatican but to the entire Church throughout the world.
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I would nod, and we'd tell the St. Regis 'One more night, please.'
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But the Vatican Curia was there before he was elected pope, and it will be there long after his ministry ends.
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“In the Curia there are holy people, truly holy people,” Francis reportedly told the Latin American delegation.
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When the snow was deep, he wallowed painfully after in the tracks made by Regis Brugiere.
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Regis Brugiere liked to pick Jim up and throw him bodily into the deepest snow.
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Regis Brugiere, returning disgusted, found the cabin-door sprawled wide: Jim had learned to pull it toward him with his teeth.
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Finding that Regis Brugiere paid little attention to the grouse so carefully pointed, Jim resolved to hunt on his own account.
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One morning in the midwinter, when it was very cold with seventy degrees of frost, Regis Brugiere resolved to hunt the deer.
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British Dictionary definitions for Curia Regis

Curia Regis

/ (ˈriːdʒɪs) /

noun plural Curiae Regis

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

Word Origin for Curia Regis

Latin, literally: council of the king

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