Definition of "royal court" [royal court]

• The sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state (noun)
• The family and retinue of a sovereign or prince (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "As is true of most Mesopotamian omen-series, the predictions of Enûma Anu Enlil relate exclusively to the royal court and to the nation; the professional reader of omens, the bāru, performed his duties solely in order to advise the king of the future course of events."
• "“Marshal Grouchy here has promised me that he will tell the royal court in Paris that we fought like the idiots we are, but had to concede to superior forces!”"