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curial

/ˈkjʊəɹɪəl/ UK

Rhymes with -ʊəɹɪəl

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Borrowed from Middle French curial, from Latin cūriālis.

adjective more curial · most curial

Pertaining to a court; courtly.
Pertaining to the papal curia. 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 e

noun curials

A member of a curia, especially of that of Rome or the later Italian sovereignties.

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"curial." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/curial. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{curial_2026,
  title = {curial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}