[f. as prec. + -IST; cf. F. curialiste, Cotgr.] A member of the papal Curia; a supporter of its policy or authority.
1847. Buch, trans. Hagenbach’s Hist. Doctr., II. 456. In the Roman Catholic church a controversy was carried on between the Curialists and Episcopalians.
1870. S. Cheetham, in Contemp. Rev., XIII. 12. A veteran curialist assured Dr. Mejer, that he could discern no principle at all in the manner of transacting business at Rome.
