CURATE
\kjˈʊ͡əɹe͡ɪt], \kjˈʊəɹeɪt], \k_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_eɪ_t]\
Definitions of CURATE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who has the cure or care of souls, so in Pr. Bk.: an inferior clergyman in the Church of England who assists a rector or vicar in the discharge of his duties.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A clergyman in the Church of England appointed to assist the incumbent of a parish in his duties, stipendiary, as dependent on the incumbent, and perpetual, as independent; one who has the cure of souls.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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One who has the cure or care of souls; a clergyman; one who assists a beneficed clergyman in spiritual duties: a perpetual curate, one not removable at pleasure, as the others are; the incumbent of a district taken from a rectory or vicarage.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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