[n. kyoo
r-it; v. kyoo-reyt, kyoor-eyt] 
noun, verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.| 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. |
| 3. | to serve as curator for: to curate an art exhibition. |
[kyoo-rat-ik] , cu⋅rat⋅i⋅cal, adjective | 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.] |
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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