Aulic
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A ceremony at some European universities to confer a Doctor of Divinity degree.
- 1 Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
"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."
- 2 Pertaining to the reproductive ducts of certain organisms. not-comparable
"The first reference to the internal anatomy of species of Cassidula was by Odhner (1925), who divided the Ellobiidae H. and A. Adams in Pfeiffer, 1854, into two large groups, on the basis of the aulic condition of the pallial gonoducts."
- 3 Of, pertaining to, or resembling a palace.
"The basic structure of the villa is aulic, with perpendicular rooms at either end of the main hall."
- 4 Solemn.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From Latin aulicus (“of a prince's court”), from aula (“royal court”), from Ancient Greek αὐλή (aulḗ, “courtyard”).
From Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós, “hollow tube, pipe”).
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