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curate

cu·rate

UK/kjʊəˈɹeɪt/ US/kjʊˈɹeɪt/ rare

noun

1.

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

  • “clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches”
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • curate's egg
  • perpetual curate

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