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cu⋅rate
[n. kyoo
r-it; v. kyoo-reyt, kyoor-eyt] 
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. |
Related forms:
cu⋅rat⋅ic [kyoo-rat-ik] , cu⋅rat⋅i⋅cal, adjective
[kyoo-rat-ik] , cu⋅rat⋅i⋅cal, adjective cu⋅rate⋅ship, noun
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| cu·rate 1 (kyŏŏr'ĭt) n.
[Middle English curat, from Medieval Latin cūrātus, from Late Latin cūra, spiritual charge, from Latin, care; see cure.] |
| cu·rate 2 (kyŏŏr'āt') tr.v. To act as curator of; organize and oversee. [Back-formation from curator.] |
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Curate
Cu"rate\ (k?"r?t), n. [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Cur['e]] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. --Hook. All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. --Dryden.
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Language Translation for : curate
Spanish:
cura,
German:
der Hilfspfarrer,
Japanese:
牧師補
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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curate
(from Latin vicarius, "substitute"), an official acting in some special way for a superior, primarily an ecclesiastical title in the Christian Church. In the Roman Empire as reorganized by Emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305), the vicarius was an important official, and the title remained in use for secular officials in the Middle Ages. In the Roman Catholic Church, "vicar of Christ" became the special designation of the popes starting in the 8th century, and eventually it replaced the older title of "vicar of St. Peter."
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