curia

curia is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus.

[2] The place of assembly of one of these divisions.

[3] The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.

[4] The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

[5] Any court of justice.

[6] The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.

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