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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Curia

/(k?"r?-?)/ · Cu·ri·a · IPA /ˈkjuːɹi.ə/
01 n. One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.
pl. Curle ((-�))
  1. 1.
    One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.(Rom. Antiq.)
  2. 2.
    The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household.(Middle Ages)
  3. 3.
    Any court of justice.(Law)
  4. 4.
    The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana. Also: curia Romana