curate
1Curate — • Literally, one who has the cure (care) or charge of souls, in which sense it is yet used by the Church of England, All Bishops and Curates Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Curate Curate …
2curate — Ⅰ. curate [1] ► NOUN ▪ a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest. ● curate s egg Cf. ↑curate s egg ORIGIN Latin curatus, from cura care . Ⅱ. curate …
3Curate — Cu rate (k[=u] r[asl]t), n. [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See {Cure}, n., and cf. {Cur[ e]}] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector …
4curate — (n.) late 14c., spiritual guide, from M.L. curatus one responsible for the care (of souls), from L. curatus, pp. of curare to take care of (see CURE (Cf. cure) (v.)). Church of England sense of paid deputy priest of a parish first recorded 1550s …
5curate — [kyoor′it; ] for v. [, kyoor′āt΄] n. [ME curat < ML curatus, one responsible for the care of souls < L curatus: see CURATIVE] 1. Archaic any clergyman 2. a clergyman who assists a vicar or rector vt. curated, curating to act as a curator… …
6Curate — A curate (  /ˈkjʊərɨ …
7curate — I UK [ˈkjʊərət] / US [ˈkjʊrət] noun [countable] Word forms curate : singular curate plural curates an Anglican priest who helps a more senior priest II UK [ˌkjʊˈreɪt] / US [kjəˈreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms curate : present tense… …
8curate — curate1 [ kjʊərət] noun (also assistant curate) a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest. ↘archaic a minister with pastoral responsibility. Phrases curate s egg Brit. something that is partly good and partly bad. [from a… …
9curate — n. 1 a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest. 2 archaic an ecclesiastical pastor. Phrases and idioms: curate in charge a curate appointed to take charge of a parish in place of a priest. curate s egg a thing that is partly… …
10Curate — A *clerk who tended a church and did the work for another who actually held the *benefice. In England, the curate is an assistant to the parish priest. In France, however, the cure functions as the parish priest himself, not as the curate. [<… …