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Grammar : Noun
Spell : noun kyoo r-it; verb kyoo-reyt, kyoo r-eyt
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈkyʊər ɪt; verb kyʊˈreɪt, ˈkyʊər eɪt


Définition of curate

Origin :
  • late 14c., "spiritual guide," from Medieval Latin curatus "one responsible for the care (of souls)," from Latin curatus, past participle of curare "to take care of" (see cure (v.)). Church of England sense of "paid deputy priest of a parish" first recorded 1550s.
  • noun caretaker
Example sentences :
  • He is a curate—a Welsh curate;—you are yet Mr. Beaufort, a rich and a great man.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A propos of the curate, I forgot to tell you that he is here.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Why did women treat him as though he were a curate and Vernon as though he were a god?
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • It was a priest, however, the curate of the parish, who now occupied the house.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • They rested now upon the bride, now upon the bridegroom, now upon the faces of the rector and his curate.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • The Major could only see four faces;--the faces of the bride and bridegroom, the rector, and his curate.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Get me the rector of the parish—a vicar, a curate, something of that sort.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The remainder of the conversation was confined for the most part to Frances and the curate.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The curate's ruffled feelings were evidently not soothed by this explanation.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The sexton and the policeman carried the coffin to the church-door, which the curate opened.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

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