curacy

[ kyoor-uh-see ]

noun,plural cu·ra·cies.
  1. the office or position of a curate.

Origin of curacy

1
1675–85; cura(te) + -cy, modeled on pairs like primate, primacy

Words Nearby curacy

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How to use curacy in a sentence

  • He held a curacy at Rome in 1661, but devoted himself principally to scientific pursuits.

  • A settlement of 39 Indian families annexed to, and distant one league and a half N. of the curacy of Tlacobula.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • Acuiapan, a settlement of 58 Indian families, in the alcaldia mayor of Zultepec, annexed to the curacy of Temascaltepec.

    The Indian in his Wigwam | Henry R. Schoolcraft
  • "You'll be glad to get a curacy yourself in six months," they shouted in chorus.

    My New Curate | P.A. Sheehan
  • Unlike most of his fellows in the college classrooms, he refused to regard an English curacy as the goal of his ambition.

    Hyacinth | George A. Birmingham

British Dictionary definitions for curacy

curacy

/ (ˈkjʊərəsɪ) /


nounplural -cies
  1. the office or position of curate

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