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CURIA
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Irregular inflected form: curiae
I. (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)
