All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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 — (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 … Etymology dictionary
curate — [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… … English World dictionary
Curate — A curate ( /ˈkjʊərɨ … Wikipedia
curate — 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… … English dictionary
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 — 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 — cu|rate [ˈkjuərıt US ˈkjur ] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Medieval Latin; Origin: curatus, from cura religious care , from Latin; CURE1] 1.) a priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area 2.) curate s egg BrE… … Dictionary of contemporary English
