Curia /(k?"r?-?)/

Cu·ri·a

Curia

n.

pl. Curle ((-))

  1. One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. (Rom. Antiq.)
  2. The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. (Middle Ages)
  3. Any court of justice. (Law)
  4. The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.