CURATE

curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector

(noun) a person authorized to conduct religious worship; “clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

curate (plural curates)

An assistant rector or vicar.

A parish priest.

Etymology 2

Verb

curate (third-person singular simple present curates, present participle curating, simple past and past participle curated)

(transitive) To act as a curator for.

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

(intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

Anagrams

• acture, acuter, cauter

Source: Wiktionary


Cu"rate (k"rt), n. Etym: [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Cur]

Definition: One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar Hook. All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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