curate1
/
ˈkjʊərət/
n.
(also
assistant curate)
a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest.
▸archaic a minister with pastoral responsibility.
Phrase
- curate's egg
Brit. something that is partly good and partly bad.
[from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek curate who, given a stale egg when dining with the bishop, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’.]
Derivative
- curacy n.
(pl. curacies)
.
Etymology
ME: from med. L. curatus, from L. cura ‘care’.
curate2
/
kjʊ(ə)ˈreɪt/
v.
select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).
Derivative
Etymology
C19: back-form. from curator.
