(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:51:28

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]

One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar

Hook.

All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden.

 

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