aulic
/ˈɔː.lɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace.
adj
noun
A ceremony at some European universities to confer a Doctor of Divinity degree.
adj
Pertaining to the reproductive ducts of certain organisms.
Example Sentences
- "Never can there be safety, or indeed peace, in the nations you have redeemed from bondage, while a neighbour is apprehensive of the principles you have laid down, and can hold out ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities, to unreflecting avarice and unenlightened ambition."
- "But an increased sense of ambition, the coming into existence of an urban, aulic nobility, and the decay of religious life added to the friction and the desire to be "equal.""
- "Yet surprisingly, given the varied activities of aulic doctors as propagandists, diplomats, and medical politicians, medicine within the patrician setting of the royal court has been largely neglected."
- "Derived ultimately from imperial aulic art, the scheme was well established in the Christian repertoire by the ninth century."
- "The basic structure of the villa is aulic, with perpendicular rooms at either end of the main hall."
- "Comparisons of Charon's eyes to a light at night and a festive bonfire add a popular touch that has its own effectiveness when compared to the more aulic poetry of the time."
Etymology
From Latin aulicus (“of a prince's court”), from aula (“royal court”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: aulicus, αὐλή, αὐλός
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɔː.lɪk/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
aulic council
aulic titulature