aulic Meaning, Definition & Usage

Au"lic adjective

Etymology

L. aulicus, Gr. , fr. hall, court, royal court.

Definitions

1. Pertaining to a royal court.

   Ecclesiastical wealth and aulic dignities. Landor.

Au"lic noun

Definitions

1. 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).