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What is a curia?

What is a curia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (historical) Any of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
  2. (historical) The Roman senate during the republic
  3. (historical) Any of several medieval councils or courts of justice
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George Trebizond, a Cretan emigre in the curia, produced a new translation and commentary.
The chancery received petitions, examined the qualifications of candidates for benefices, and had official custody of the records of the curia.
Ruffo was a Calabrian who had served in the papal curia but had found more favour at the Neapolitan court.
It was for her sake alone that he took no thought for the ivory seat in the curia.
The order of decurions met in the curia, a semi-circular room discovered in 1995, adjoining the south annex of the basilica.
Even the inquisitorial bishops and curia officials granted that he had written a virtual summa.

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