Relating to a royal court, palace, or formal court life and ceremony.
From Latin aula 'hall, palace' + -ic (adjective suffix). The term developed to describe anything connected to royal or noble court environments.
When historians talk about 'aulic culture' or 'aulic politics,' they mean the intricate social games and formalities that happened in royal courts—think palace intrigue!
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