Cu|ri|a

cu|ri|a «KYUR ee uh», noun, plural cu|ri|ae «KYUR ee ee».

1. a medieval council or law court.

2. the meeting place of the ancient Roman senate.

3. one of the ten divisions of each of the three ancient Roman tribes.

4. the meeting place of one of these divisions.

5. the senate of ancient Italian towns.

╂[< Latin cūria < unrecorded co-viria gathering of male inhabitants < co- together + vir man]

Cu|ri|a «KYUR ee uh», noun.

a group of high officials who assist the Pope in the government and administration of the Roman Catholic Church; the papal court of the Roman Catholic Church; Curia Romana.