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Curate — • 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 … Catholic encyclopedia
curate — 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 … English terms dictionary
curate — assistant to a parish priest Ecclesiastical Terms … Phrontistery dictionary
Curate — A curate ( /ˈkjʊərɨ … Wikipedia
curate — 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… … English new terms dictionary
curate — 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… … Useful english dictionary
Curate — Derived from the Latin curatus, meaning one who is charged with the cura, i.e., the cure or care of souls. Originally curate meant any one under the rank of Bishop, having the cure of souls, but now the name is usually given to the Assistant… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Curate — 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. [<… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
curate — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin curatus, from cura cure of souls, from Latin, care Date: 14th century 1. a clergyman in charge of a parish 2. a clergyman serving as assistant (as to a rector) in a parish II. transitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
curate — An assistant to the rector of a parish or to a vicar. A curate is the lowest degree in the church, being in the same state that a vicar was formerly, an officiating temporary minister, instead of the proper incumbent. See 1 Bl Comm 393 … Ballentine's law dictionary
