From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcuratecu‧rate1 /ˈkjʊərət $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun [countable] 1 RRCa priest of the lowest rank, whose job is to help the priest who is in charge of an area2 → curate’s egg
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curate• He served briefly as a curate before teaching at St Patrick's seminary at Maynooth.• He entered Chichester Theological College and later became a curate in Lincolnshire.• It was clear that he was no ordinary curate.• He looks and sounds like the second curate in a three-priest parish, and his speciality was killing silently.• The curate was troubled by the conflict between his love of biblical study and the chores of the parish.curatecu‧rate2 /kjʊˈreɪt $ kjʊˈreɪt, ˈkjʊreɪt/ verb [transitive] to choose and organize the art, music, objects etc for an exhibition, show, concert etc Origin curate (1300-1400) Medieval Latin curatus, from cura “religious care”, from Latin; → CURE1 