Curia Regis

[kyoor-ee-uh ree-jis]

Cu·ri·a Re·gis

[kyoor-ee-uh ree-jis]
noun (often lowercase) English History.
1.
a small, permanent council, composed chiefly of officials in the household of a Norman king, that served in an advisory and administrative capacity.
2.
great council (def. 1).

Origin:
< Medieval Latin: literally, (the) king's curia
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To Curia Regis

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Curia Regis has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Curia Regis (ˈriːdʒɪs)
 
n , pl Curiae Regis
(in Norman England) the king's court, which performed all functions of government
 
[Latin, literally: council of the king]

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature