curiality

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noun

The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.

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Meanings

nouncuriality (countable and uncountable, plural curialities)

plural curialities

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableThe privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.

    The Court and Curiality

    1616, Francis Bacon, letter to the Duke of Buckingham

Origin

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

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APA

curiality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiality

MLA

“curiality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curiality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curiality.

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