aulic

UK/ˈɔː.lɪk/

aulic adjective: of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.

Adjective (1)

aulic (comparative more aulic, superlative most aulic)

Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
- Never can there be safety, or indeed peace, in the nations you have redeemed from bondage, while a neighbour is apprehensive of the principles you have laid down, and can hold out ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities, to unreflecting avarice and unenlightened ambition.1828, Walter Savage Landor, “Imaginary Conversations: Suppressed Dedications, to Bolivar the Liberator”, in T. Earle Welby, editor, The Complete Works of Walter Savage Landor, page 138
- But an increased sense of ambition, the coming into existence of an urban, aulic nobility, and the decay of religious life added to the friction and the desire to be "equal."1943, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, The Menace of the Herd, Or, Procrustes at Large, page 50
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace.
- The basic structure of the villa is aulic, with perpendicular rooms at either end of the main hall.2004, Michael Kulikowski, Late Roman Spain and Its Cities, page 303
Solemn.
- Comparisons of Charon's eyes to a light at night and a festive bonfire add a popular touch that has its own effectiveness when compared to the more aulic poetry of the time.1985, Ronnie H. Terpening, Charon and the Crossing: Ancient, Medieval, and Renaissance Transformations of a Myth, page 140
- Otherwise, Giacomino's most aulic and rhetorically ambitious piece is a lament for the death of the beloved, Morte, perché m'hai fatta sì gran guerra (Death, Why Have You Warred Against Me So), the oldest Italian example of its kind, together with Pier della Vigne's "Amando con fin core e con...2007, Francesco Carapezza, Giacomo Pugliese (fl. 1220—1240), entry in Gaetana Marrone (editor), Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies, page 833

Noun

aulic (plural aulics)

A ceremony at some European universities to confer a Doctor of Divinity degree.

Adjective (2)

aulic (not comparable)

Pertaining to the reproductive ducts of certain organisms.
- The first reference to the internal anatomy of species of Cassidula was by Odhner (1925), who divided the Ellobiidae H. and A. Adams in Pfeiffer, 1854, into two large groups, on the basis of the aulic condition of the pallial gonoducts.1998, Brian Morton, The Marine Biology of the South China Sea III, page 25
- The term aulic refers to a pipe, and considerable confusion has been caused by applying this term to the number of sexual openings instead of the number of separate ducts (Beeman, 1977).2013, E. R. Trueman, M. R. Clarke, Evolution, page 237

aulic meaning in Tamil and Bengali

aulic in Tamil

மண்டபஞ்சார்

aulic in Bengali

রাজদরবারী

Forms of aulic

Adjective
comparative	more aulic
superlative	most aulic
Noun
plural	aulics

Origin of aulic

From Latin aulicus (“of a prince's court”), from aula (“royal court”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).

From Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “hollow tube, pipe”).

Words formed from aulic

aulicism
diaulic
monaulic
triaulic
aulic council
aulic titulature
interaulic

Words that rhyme with aulic

triaulic

Questions about aulic

What does aulic mean?: Aulic means of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
What is aulic in Tamil?: Aulic in Tamil is மண்டபஞ்சார். See Aulic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aulic?: Aulic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce aulic?: Aulic is pronounced /ˈɔː.lɪk/ (UK).

Words near aulic in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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