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Webster 1913 Edition
Curate
Cu′rate
(kū′rā̍t)
, Noun.
[LL. , and cf.
curatus
, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura
) of souls. See Cure
, Noun.
Curé
] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.
Hook.
All this the good old man performed alone,
He spared no pains, for
He spared no pains, for
curate
he had none. Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Curate
CURATE
,Noun.
1.
A clergyman in the church of England, who is employed to perform divine service in the place of the incumbent, parson or vicar. He must be licenced by the bishop or ordinary, and having no fixed estate in the curacy, he may be removed at pleasure. But some curates are perpetual.2.
One employed to perform the duties of another.