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Definition of Curate

1. Noun. A person authorized to conduct religious worship. "Clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

Definition of Curate

1. n. One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.

Definition of Curate

1. Noun. an assistant rector or vicar ¹

2. Noun. a parish priest ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To act as a curator for. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curate

1. to act as curator of [v -RATED, -RATING, -RATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curate

Literary usage of Curate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"THE RECTOR AND HIS curate ; OR, ONE POUND TWO ' I trust we shall part, as we met, in peace and charity. My last payment to you paid your salary up to the ..."

2. Publications. by Parish Register Society, London, London Parish Register Society, Deland Florida State Historical Society, Florida State Historical Society, Deland, Yorkshire Philosophical Society, Reparations Commission, North Carolina Historical Commission, British-H (1903)
"Dearing Jones, curate. 15. Maximillian Speed & Sarah Blackbourn of Coleby. ... Dearing Jones, curate. August 25. Thomas Crosby of Thurlby & Elizabeth Andrew ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"The thought of this terrible washerwoman made Rosa tremble, while Jennifer secretly exulted in the thought of seeing the curate in limp collars and a ..."

4. The Ecclesiastical Law by Richard Burn, Robert Phillimore (1842)
"12, that there was any temporal law making the licence and admission of the bishop or ordinary necessary for a curate, to serve a cure in the absence of the ..."

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