Curia Romana

[ roh-mey-nuh, -mah- ]

nounRoman Catholic Church.

the body of congregations, offices, permanent commissions, etc., that assist the pope in the government and administration of the church.

Origin of Curia Romana

<Medieval Latin, Latin: literally, (the) Roman curia

Taunts such as this became household phrases: Curia Romana non quaerit ovem sine lana.
A Short History of Italy | Henry Dwight Sedgwick
Item in casu quo facta esset commissio alicui abbati a Curia Romana et a generali capitulo.
Villainage in England | Paul Vinogradoff
Præcipio firmiter per obedientiam fratribus universis quod ubicunque sunt, non audeant petere aliquam litteram in Curia Romana.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi | Paul Sabatier
Infessura writes: 'Multa et inexcogitata in Curia Romana officia adinvenit et vendidit,' p. 1183.
Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) | John Addington Symonds
Fra Martino, a violent little monk, was pouring out vials of wrath against the extortions of the Curia Romana.
The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci | Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

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