Meaning

4 senses
  1. An assistant rector or vicar.

    Vikar

  2. A parish priest.

    Pfarrer

  3. (Ireland)An assistant barman.

  4. An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion.

More definitions
  • a person authorized to conduct religious worship

Examples

5 sentences
  1. They curate exhibitions for new artists.

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  2. The museum is known to curate eccentric pieces.

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  3. He curates art shows for a local gallery.

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  4. The art exhibition was curated under the aegis of a prestigious gallery.

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  5. Any more breakage and you'll never curate a blown glass exhibit in this town again!

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
assistant rector:
parish priest:

Origin

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātus (“one who has been curated, a curate”), a substantiva

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).

From cur(ium) + -ate.

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Forms

plural: curates
Singularcurate
Pluralcurates

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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