About The Word Aulic
Learn about the word Aulic to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Aulic definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Aulic
Aulic Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Aulic?Synonyms | Synonyms for Aulic: Related Terms | Find terms related to Aulic: See Also | Aulic In Webster's Dictionary \Au"lic\, a. [L. aulicus, Gr. ?, fr. ? hall, court, royal
court.]
Pertaining to a royal court.
Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. --Landor.
{Aulic council} (Hist.), a supreme court of the old German
empire; properly the supreme court of the emperor. It
ceased at the death of each emperor, and was renewed by
his successor. It became extinct when the German empire
was dissolved, in 1806. The term is now applied to a
council of the war department of the Austrian empire, and
the members of different provincial chanceries of that
empire are called aulic councilors. --P. Cyc.
\Au"lic\, n. The ceremony observed in conferring the degree of doctor of divinity in some European universities. It begins by a harangue of the chancellor addressed to the young doctor, who then receives the cap, and presides at the disputation (also called the aulic). |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Wickup ‐ tall North American perennial with creeping rootstocks and narrow…
- Inaccurate ‐ not accurate; "an inaccurate translation"; "the thermometer is…
- Loose smut ‐ a smut fungus of the genus Ustilago causing a smut disease of…
- Creme de fraise ‐ strawberry-flavored liqueur
- Spangled ‐ covered with beads or jewels…
- Burlesque ‐ a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way…
- Gulper ‐ a drinker who swallows large…
- Chlor-trimeton ‐ an antihistamine (trade names Coricidin and…
- Distention ‐ the act of expanding by pressure…
- Marinate ‐ soak in…