curate

Meaning

Noun

1. An assistant rector or vicar.
2. A parish priest.
3. (Ireland) An assistant barman.

Verb

1. (transitive) To act as a curator for.
2. (broadly, transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
3. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

Synonyms

pastor

rector

clergyman

minister of religion

minister

parson

associate pastor

chaplain

deputy

vicar

acolyte

Translations

vicaire

vicario

Kurat

coadjutor

Vikar

vaiz

kapelaan

cura

Hilfspfarrer

ministre

curé

βοηθός εφημέριος

pasteur

Kaplan

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkjʊəɹət/

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivation of the perfect passive participle of cūrō. Doublet of curato and curé. Equivalent to cure + -ate (noun-forming suffix).