Definition of Curial in English:
Curial
adjectiveˈkjʊərɪəlˈkjʊriəl
Relating to the Curia, the papal court at the Vatican.
cardinals who hold Curial offices
Example sentencesExamples
- Though the bishops had vetoed the Curial documents, what would they produce in their stead?
- What we're going to see is first a gathering of the general congregation of cardinals, those cardinals who are currently in Rome, the Curial cardinals.
- Curial officials insist that the health of the head of the Catholic Church is holding up and there's no cause for concern.
- The workings of the Vatican essentially cease, until a new Pope makes his own appointments, or confirms the current occupants of various Curial posts.
- Then a struggle ensued between the Curial bureaucracy and the non-bureaucrats, so to speak, on the revision of the documents.
Definition of Curial in US English:
Curial
adjectiveˈkyo͝orēəlˈkjʊriəl
Relating to the Curia, the papal court at the Vatican.
cardinals who hold Curial offices
Example sentencesExamples
- Then a struggle ensued between the Curial bureaucracy and the non-bureaucrats, so to speak, on the revision of the documents.
- Though the bishops had vetoed the Curial documents, what would they produce in their stead?
- The workings of the Vatican essentially cease, until a new Pope makes his own appointments, or confirms the current occupants of various Curial posts.
- What we're going to see is first a gathering of the general congregation of cardinals, those cardinals who are currently in Rome, the Curial cardinals.
- Curial officials insist that the health of the head of the Catholic Church is holding up and there's no cause for concern.