Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or of the nature of curialism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to a court.
- adjective Relating or belonging to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Relating to a
court . - adjective Relating or belonging to the ultramonate
party in the Latin Church.
Etymologies
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Latin curialis belonging to the imperial court, from curia, Latin, also, counsellors and retinue of a king.
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Examples
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It was the source whence the mediæval ecclesiastics drew their theoretical justification for the curialistic principles of the relation of St.te and Church, and at the same time the one work of St. Augustine that Gibbon the historian regarded highly.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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They began to see that the Church must rid herself of the curialistic chains, and resort to a General Council.
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They began to see that the Church must rid herself of the curialistic chains, and resort to a General Council.
History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science John William Draper 1846
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