Curia (disambiguation)
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Curia may refer to:
in Roman antiquity
  • Curia
    Curia
    A curia in early Roman times was a subdivision of the people, i.e. more or less a tribe, and with a metonymy it came to mean also the meeting place where the tribe discussed its affairs...

    , one of the ten subdivisions of each of the three Roman tribes. Also of similar divisions in other cities.
  • The building belonging to a Roman curia, serving mainly as its place of worship, see Ancient Roman religion
  • the building of the Roman senate, see Curia Julia
    Curia Julia
    The Curia Hostilia was one of the original senate houses or 'curia' of the Roman Republic. It is believed to have begun as an Etruscan temple where the warring tribes laid down their arms during the reign of Romulus . During the early kingdom, the temple was for the use of the Senators who acted as...


Christianity
  • Curia (Roman Catholic Church)
    Curia (Roman Catholic Church)
    In Roman Catholicism, a curia consists of a group of officials who assist in the governance of a particular Church. These curias range from the relatively simple diocesan curia, to the larger patriarchal curias, to the Roman Curia, which is the central government of the Catholic Church.Other...

    , a group of officials who assist in the governance of a particular Church within Roman Catholicism
  • Roman Curia
    Roman Curia
    The Roman Curia is the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the central governing body of the entire Catholic Church, together with the Pope...

    , the administrative apparatus of the Holy See
  • any Ecclesiastical court
    Ecclesiastical court
    An ecclesiastical court is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than before the development of nation states...



feudalism
  • the Middle Latin term for a feudal court, see Court (royal)
  • the Middle Latin term for a court of law, see Legal history (medieval)


taxonomy
  • Curia herb (Justicia pectoralis
    Justicia pectoralis
    Justicia pectoralis is a herb of the Acanthus family . This water-willow is widely known as tilo in Latin America. In Haiti it is called chapantye and zeb chapantyè on Dominica and Martinique...

    ), also known as tilo
  • Ayapana triplinervis, a tropical plant


toponymy
  • The Latin name for Chur
    Chur
    Chur or Coire is the capital of the Swiss canton of Graubünden and lies in the northern part of the canton.-History:The name "chur" derives perhaps from the Celtic kora or koria, meaning "tribe", or from the Latin curia....

    , Graubünden, Switzerland


European Union
  • As CURIA - abbreviation (also CVRIA) for Court of Justice of the European Union
    Court of Justice of the European Union
    The Court of Justice of the European Union is the institution of the European Union which encompasses the whole judiciary. Seated in Luxembourg, it has three sub-courts; the European Court of Justice, the General Court and the Civil Service Tribunal.The institution was originally established in...

    . See http://www.curia.europa.eu


People named Curia:
  • Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius)
    Curia (wife of Quintus Lucretius)
    Curia or Turia or Thuria was a Roman woman from the Curio family.-Life:She was the wife of Quintus Lucretius Vespillo for 40 years, whom she married sometime between 49 BC and 42 BC. She was from a wealthy family as was her husband. They had no children...

     (circa 60-5 BC), ancient Roman woman who hid her husband
  • Francesco Curia
    Francesco Curia
    Francesco Curia was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in his hometown of Naples. He was a pupil of the painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo. Among his pupils were Fabrizio Santafede and Ippolito Borghese....

    (1538-1610), Italian painter
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