curia
Ancient deliberative hall
A curia is an administrative body or court, particularly in the Roman Catholic Church where the Roman Curia serves as the papal administrative apparatus—the departments, tribunals, and offices through which the Pope governs the Church.
In ancient Rome, a curia was a subdivision of the Roman people or the senate house where they met.
The word appears mainly in historical and ecclesiastical contexts: The curia issued new guidelines on liturgical practice.
Papal city-state
- pontiffSupreme Catholic leader
- Holy SeePapal governing authority
- papacyPope's office and authority
- popeCatholic Church's supreme leader
apostolic · cardinals · conclave · congregation · prefect · secretariat · canon law · encyclical
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- synodChurch governing assembly
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
- canonAccepted authoritative works
parish · vicar · rector · vestry · sacristy · chapter · deanery · tribunal
Gathering place for discourse
- senateLegislative governing body
- consulDiplomat in foreign city
- patricianHighborn Roman elite
- plebeianOrdinary, unrefined person
magistrate · praetor · censor · tribune · assembly · republic · imperial · voting
Vatican
Papal city-state
pope · apostolic · cardinals · conclave · congregation · prefect · secretariat · canon law · encyclical · papal bull
diocese
Bishop's territorial jurisdiction
- synodChurch governing assembly
- bishopricBishop's jurisdictional district
- clergyOrdained religious officials collectively
canon · parish · vicar · rector · vestry · sacristy · chapter · deanery · tribunal · consistory
forum
Gathering place for discourse
plebeian · magistrate · praetor · censor · tribune · assembly · republic · imperial · voting · legislation
feudal
Of tiered landownership
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- seigneurialOf a feudal lord
- vassalsFeudal subordinates owing service
lord · demesne · fiefdom · baronial · nobility · knights · tenure · homage · jurisdiction · estate
basilica
Colonnaded church with apse
arcade · portico · chamber · hall · meeting house · assembly room · apse · vaulting · marble · columns
curiatemple
Sacred worship structure
holy of holies · sanctuary · shrine · tabernacle · sacred grove
- museum curatorCaretaker of institutional collections
- art curatorManager of displayed collections
- playlist curatorOne who assembles song collections
- music curatorOne who selects audio
- gallery curatorOversees museum art displays
- chief curatorMuseum's top collections officer
occur, recur, occurrence, curate, concur, curator, recurrence, curatorial, curacy