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cu·rate

Audio Help [n. kyoor-it; v. kyoo-reyt, kyoor-eyt] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -rat·ed, -rat·ing.

–noun

1.	Chiefly British. a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.

2.	any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to serve as curator for: to curate an art exhibition.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME curat (< AF) < ML cūrātus, equiv. to L cūr(a) care + -ātus -ate¹

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—Related forms

cu·rat·ic

Audio Help [kyoo-rat-ik] Pronunciation Key, cu·rat·i·cal, adjective

cu·rate·ship, noun

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cu·rate¹ Audio Help (kyŏŏr'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish.
A cleric who assists a rector or vicar.

[Middle English curat, from Medieval Latin cūrātus, from Late Latin cūra, spiritual charge, from Latin, care; see cure.]

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cu·rate² Audio Help (kyŏŏr'āt') Pronunciation Key
tr.v. To act as curator of; organize and oversee.

[Back-formation from curator.]

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curate

c.1340, from M.L. curatus "one responsible for the care (of souls)," from L. curatus, pp. of curare "to take care of." Church of England sense of "paid deputy priest of a parish" first recorded 1557.

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curate
noun
a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches"

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curate [ˈkjuərət] noun

a clergyman in the Church of England assisting a rector or vicar

Arabic:	كاهِن مُعاوِن
Chinese (Simplified):	副牧师, 助理牧师
Chinese (Traditional):	助理牧師
Czech:	vikář
Danish:	hjælpepræst; kapellan
Dutch:	hulppredikant
Estonian:	abivaimulik
Finnish:	kappalainen
French:	vicaire
German:	der Hilfspfarrer
Greek:	βοηθός εφημέριος
Hungarian:	segédlelkész
Icelandic:	aðstoðarprestur
Indonesian:	pejabat gereja
Italian:	curato, vicario

Japanese:	牧師補
Korean:	목사보
Latvian:	mācītāja palīgs
Lithuanian:	pastoriaus padėjėjas, vikaras
Norwegian:	(hjelpe)prest, kapellan
Polish:	wikary
Portuguese (Brazil):	coadjutor
Portuguese (Portugal):	cura
Romanian:	vicar
Russian:	викарий
Slovak:	vikár
Slovenian:	kurat
Spanish:	cura
Swedish:	komminister, kyrko-, pastorsadjunkt
Turkish:	papaz yardımcısı