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 members of this Curia Regis met also in the Exchequer, so called from the chequered cloth which covered the table at which they sat.

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

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

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.

Under the new system the Curia Regis eventually became the recognized court of appeal for the whole kingdom.

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