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CURIA (curiae)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Curia mean? 

CURIA (noun)
  The noun CURIA has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Churchplay

  Familiarity information: CURIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CURIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) the central administration governing the Roman Catholic Church

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Curia" is a kind of...):

administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)

Holonyms ("Curia" is a part of...):

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)


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