curate
An assistant rector or vicarAn assistant rector or vicar.
» They curate exhibitions for new artists.
Meaning
4 sensesAn assistant rector or vicar.
Vikar
A parish priest.
Pfarrer
(Ireland)An assistant barman.
An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.
- a person authorized to conduct religious worship
Examples
5 sentencesThey curate exhibitions for new artists.
The museum is known to curate eccentric pieces.
He curates art shows for a local gallery.
The art exhibition was curated under the aegis of a prestigious gallery.
Any more breakage and you'll never curate a blown glass exhibit in this town again!
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantivaBorrowed 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).
From cur(ium) + -ate.
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Forms
plural: curatesSynonyms
5 synonyms- a person authorized to conduct religious worship:minister of religionministerparsonpastorrector