Meaning of curate | Babel Free
ˈkjʊəɹətDefinitions
- An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
- An assistant rector or vicar.
- A parish priest.
- a clergyman in the Church of England assisting a rector or vicar. kurator كاهِن مُعاوِن курат cura vikář der Hilfspfarrer hjælpepræst; kapellan βοηθός εφημέριος cura abivaimulik کشیش kappalainen vicaire עוֹזֵר כּוֹמֵר पादरी सहायक kapelan segédlelkész pejabat gereja aðstoðarprestur curato, vicario 牧師補 부목사, 목사보 pastoriaus padėjėjas, vikaras mācītāja palīgs pembantu paderi hulppredikantprest, kapellan wikary د کشیش مرستیال cura vicar викарий vikár kurat vikar komminister, kyrko-, pastorsadjunkt ...
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An assistant barman. Ireland
- A cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish.
- A cleric who assists a rector or vicar.
- To organize and oversee (an art exhibit or film festival, for example).
- To gather and present to the public: a blog that curates news stories.
- (Ecclesiastical Terms) a clergyman appointed to assist a parish priest
- (Ecclesiastical Terms) a clergyman who has the charge of a parish (curate-in-charge)
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Irish an assistant barman Irish
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(Art Terms) (tr) to be in charge of selecting, arranging, and presenting material (for an art exhibition or museum) tr
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(tr) to be in charge of organizing, arranging, and presenting a festival or other event: The festival was curated by the films' directors.. tr
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Examples
“‘Here, Pat, give us a g.p., like a good fellow.’ The curate brought him a glass of plain porter. The man drank it at a gulp and asked for a caraway seed. He put his penny on the counter and, leaving the curate to grope for it in the gloom, retreated out of the snug as furtively as he had entered it.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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