Definition of curia

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Curia (n.) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.

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Ignorantist :: Ignorantist (n.) One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscuriantist.
Curia :: Curia (n.) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.
Curia :: Curia (n.) Any court of justice.
Mercurialize :: Mercurialize (v. t.) To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
Pyrometer :: Pyrometer (n.) An instrument for measuring degrees of heat above those indicated by the mercurial thermometer.
Ignorantism :: Ignorantism (n.) The spirit of those who extol the advantage to ignorance; obscuriantism.
Mercurialized :: Mercurialized (imp. & p. p.) of Mercurializ.
Unction :: Unction (n.) The act of anointing, smearing, or rubbing with an unguent, oil, or ointment, especially for medical purposes, or as a symbol of consecration; as, mercurial unction..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to, or containing, mercury; as, mercurial preparations, barometer. See Mercury, 2..
Escorial :: Escorial (n.) See Escurial.
Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A preparation containing mercury.
Calomel :: Calomel (n.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg2Cl2, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tasteless, much used in medicine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral horn quicksilver..
Protonotary :: Protonotary (n.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications..
Mercury :: Mercury (n.) Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
Curia :: Curia (n.) The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Of or pertaining to Mercury as the god of trade; hence, money-making; crafty..
Mercurial :: Mercurial (n.) A person having mercurial qualities.
Saturnine :: Saturnine (a.) Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper..
Per :: Per (prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words..
Mercurialist :: Mercurialist (n.) A physician who uses much mercury, in any of its forms, in his practice..
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