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aulic

[ aw-lik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to a royal court.


aulic

/ ˈɔːlɪk /

adjective

  1. rare.
    relating to a royal court
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aulic1

1695–1705; < Latin aulicus < Greek aulikós courtly, equivalent to aul ( ) hall, court + -ikos -ic
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aulic1

C18: from Latin aulicus, from Greek aulikos belonging to a prince's court, from aulē court
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Example Sentences

In 1787 he was appointed one of the professors of philosophy, and then of history at G�ttingen, and he afterwards was chosen aulic councillor, privy councillor, &c., the usual rewards of successful German scholars.

The first recorded privilege in Germany was issued by the imperial Aulic Council in 1501, to the Rhenish Celtic Sodalitas for the printing of dramas of the nun-poet, Hroswitha, who had been dead for 600 years, as prepared by Celtes of Nuremberg.

He created Titian a Count of the Lateran Palace, of the Aulic Council, and of the Consistory; with the title of Count Palatine, and all the advantages attached to those dignities.

Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities.

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.

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