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curatical

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cu⋅rate

  [n. kyoor-it; v. kyoo-reyt, kyoor-eyt] noun, verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing.
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–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 -ate 1

Related forms:
cu⋅rat⋅ic  [kyoo-rat-ik] , cu⋅rat⋅i⋅cal, adjective
cu⋅rate⋅ship, noun
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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