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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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