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Meaning of curial | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈkjʊəɹɪəl

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a court; courtly.
  2. Pertaining to the papal curia.

Equivalents

Français curial
Latina curialis
Português curial curial

Examples

“In favouring the well-connected, politically and culturally sophisticated Italian merchants and diplomats who regularly arrived in England on curial business Henry killed two birds with one stone, gratifying popes by the attention and respect⟳ shown to their intimates, and employing them as his own⟳ eyes and ears at Rome […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

curialist curialistic curiate curious curiouser curiousest

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