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curiality

curiality noun: the privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.

Noun

curiality (countable and uncountable, plural curialities)

  1. (obsolete) The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.
    • The Court and Curiality1616, Francis Bacon, letter to the Duke of Buckingham

Forms of curiality

pluralcurialities

Origin of curiality

Compare Latin curialitas (“courtesy”), from curialis.

Questions about curiality

What does curiality mean?
Curiality means the privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.
What part of speech is curiality?
Curiality is a noun.
What is the plural of curiality?
The plural of curiality is curialities.

Words near curiality in the dictionary

  1. curialism
  2. curialist
  3. curialistic
  4. curialists
  5. curialities
  6. curiality
  7. curials
  8. curiara
  9. curiaras
  10. curias
  11. curiate

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