curate:

(plural: ‘curates; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ in this word is pronounced with a ‘k’ sound; and the letters ‘cu’ rhyme with the letters ‘pu’ in “pure”)

‘to curate’ = to care for, to be in charge of something; to cure the soul of a person

(in Christian church) a priest of the lowest rank appointed to help the chief priest (rector/vicar) of a parish; a minister;

a clergy in charge of a parish in Christian Church; a pastor;

(in Irish) an assistant barman,

a female curate (Curate Rev. Gail Dalley (L) with the Vicar Rev. Geoff Hollingsworth (R))

e.g.

All the church-goers are happy that a new curate is appointed.

Though ‘curate’ means a priest or pastor, in Anglican Church, a curate is an assistant priest or deacon, and according to modern Roman Catholics in the USA, a curate means a priest given in charge of a parish who is not a pastor, i.e. who is not qualified pastor appointed by the Church.

According to an article in Wikipedia, the office of a curate is called a ‘curacy’.

It is interesting to know that there are some curates who do not receive any financial support from the Church, and such curates are called ‘self- Supporting Ministers’ or ‘curates (SSM)’.

a curate -- David Russell

For an article on what a curate is and what does a curate do, please click here, for the meaning and origin of the phrase ‘a curate’s egg’, please click here, for a blog post that shows us how this word is used in the present English, please click here, for an amusing article that discusses the different duties of a curate, please click here, and for a sad article that shows us how this word ‘curate’ is used as a verb, please click here.