curate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: curate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for curate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
curate n a person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" Synonym(s): curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Curate \Cu"rate\ (k?"r?t), n. [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See {Cure}, n., and cf. {Cur[82]}] 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 curate he had none. --Dryden.