curaten.

Brit.

/ˈkjʊərət/,

/ˈkjɔːrət/, U.S.

/ˈkjʊrət/,

/ˈkjʊˌreɪt/

Forms: Middle English curaat, Middle English curatt, Middle English curet (northern), Middle English curette (northern), Middle English cwrate, Middle English–1700s curat, Middle English– curate, 1500s curatte, 1500s currat; Scottish pre-1700 corate, pre-1700 curait, pre-1700 curat, pre-1700 curatt, pre-1700 curet, pre-1700 cwret, pre-1700 1700s– curate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin curatus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin curatus monk having the care of an obedience (11th cent.), person entrusted with a cure of souls or ecclesiastical charge, parish priest or his deputy (frequently from 1300 in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), use as noun of curatus (adjective) involving a cure of souls (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), (of a person) charged with a cure of souls (from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), in classical Latin (as cūrātus ) in the sense 'cared for', use as adjective of past participle of cūrāre cure v.¹ Compare French curé (13th cent.; compare curé n.⁶), Old Occitan curat (1331), Catalan curat (15th cent.), Italian curato (1363 as churato), Spanish cura (1330).

I. Senses referring to a person.

a. Any ecclesiastic, such as a bishop, priest, or deacon, who has the spiritual charge of a body of laypeople; esp. a parish priest. Now rare except in sense 1b.In later use only in curate of souls (cf. cure of souls at cure n.¹ 4a) or with reference to non-English speaking countries in uses corresponding to French curé, Italian curato, or Spanish cura.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [noun]

curatec1390

curatorc1390

parson1591

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black coat1616

curate1687

fingerpost1785

tickle-text1785

c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 268 Þe þridde lyf..longeþ speciali to men of holy churche, as to prelates and to oþur curates, þe whȝuche han cure & souereynte ouer oþur men for to kepe & rule hem.

c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (1868) l. 219 He [sc. the friar] hadde power of confessioun As seyde him self, moore than a curaat [c1405 Ellesmere Curat].

?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 518 Not oonly simple prestis and curatis, but also sovereyne curatis, as bisshopis, shulde not axe here sugetis..more þan liflode.

a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 134 Also this deane is curate and confessoure of all this houshold.

1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student l. f. cxlv^v Varyaunce began to ryse bytwene curates & theyr parysshens.

1622 Treat. Auricular Confession vii. 55 That vtilitie cometh hereby to pastors and curates of soules appeareth, sith by confession, they vnderstand the griefes, hart-burninges, diseases, and euery particular soare of their flock and charge.

1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. X6 I drunk Stingo With a Butcher and Domingo Th' Curat.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 7 In our Journey to Paris..[we met] an old Priest..near a little Village whereof he was Curate.

1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 11 To..pay Tythes against their Conscience, to an Episcopal Curate.

1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 351 I had inoculated four children of a gentleman living in a village Brunnam Gebizg: the respectable curate of that parish..was astonished at the slightness of the disease.

1886 Church Q. Rev. July 298 In immediate subordination..to the chief curate of the parish, or to the bishop only.

1988 D. W. Landrum Laudian Themes in Poetry R. Herrick (Ph.D. thesis, Purdue Univ., Indiana) ii. 61 Herrick..finishes his discourse as one might expect that a curate of souls would.

2018 V. Diaz Balsera Guardians of Idolatry 15 He was..three times curate of the Cathedral of Mexico, and three times visitador general to the archbishops of Mexico.

b. Anglican Church and Roman Catholic Church. An unbeneficed member of the clergy licensed by the bishop of the diocese to perform ministerial duties in a parish as a deputy or assistant of the incumbent, typically for a stipend or salary; an assistant to a parish priest. Also more fully assistant curate.Now the main sense.See also curate-in-charge n., perpetual curate n., stipendiary curate n.

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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > curate > [noun]

minister1408

curate1557

1557 Indenture about Advowson of Garsington (Trinity Coll. Oxf. B/4.4) And that also the said president [of Trinity College, Oxford] being parson of the said Rectorie [of Garsington] shall likewise foreuer at his own proper charges fynde one sufficient Catholike and hable Curat to serve in the..Rectorye and parishe churche.

1587 Petition in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 190 No Non-resident having already a licence or faculty may enjoy it, unless he depute an able Curate, that may weekly preach and catechize.

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 322 Let vs not take and keepe liuings of an hundred, or two hundred pound a yeere, and allow a poore Curate (to supply the voluntary negligence of our non-residence) eight, or..ten pounds yeerely.

1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 71 Our Vicar..when his Curate..preaches in the Afternoon..sleeps sotting in the Desk on a Hissock.

1796 Hull Advertiser 24 Sept. 3/2 A clergyman has for several years officiated as assistant curate at a chapel of ease.

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. vi. 46 Agreeable, no doubt, but dull—good curates generally are.

1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. ii. 24 Some overworked curate or sister of mercy.

1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry xxix. 148 She..did happen to mention that the young curate, whatsisname, Peter Dodge over at St. Andrews, has said he might drop in on Hirsh that evening.

1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 108 I was once a curate with Father Dick Hobbs.

1995 Times 22 Apr. (Weekend section) 2/2 Our celebrant..as succentor, is in charge of the music and is assistant curate of the parish.

2002 Church Times 22 Feb. 13/1 His new curate..is enthusiastic about developing cross-generational worship.

c. During the period 1662 to 1688: an incumbent appointed by a bishop to a Scottish parish. Chiefly historical.Such incumbents were appointed following the Rescissory Act of 1661 which imposed an episcopal structure on the Church of Scotland and they tended to be young, inexperienced men who had completed their studies but had not been ordained; hence the name curate was depreciatively applied to them (cf. sense 1b). The incumbents thus appointed were replaced by Presbyterian clergy after the Glorious Revolution of 1688.

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1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose iii. 235 The Prelatick Curats can give no proof of their Ministry.

1706 A. Shields Church-communion Enquired Into Pref. 3 Others could not join in hearing the Curates.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 251 About two hundred curates—so the episcopal priests were called—were expelled.

2015 A. T. N. Muirhead Reformation, Dissent & Diversity v. 87 The revolution of 1688 put the Presbyterians back into power, and it was the ousted Episcopalian ‘curates’ who were conducting marriage services.

†2. Scottish. The guardian of a minor or other person not fully capable of conducting his or her own affairs; spec. the guardian of a minor after the age of tutelage; = curator n. 2. Obsolete.

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1463 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 23 It was fundin..that Henry of Culan..has chosine til his curatis to gowerne him, Androw of Lesly and Thome of Culan.

a1525 Bk. Chess 144 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I Sic folk suld haue a curet with all richt For to dispone thair gudis & thair micht.

†3. A person in charge of something; an overseer; = curator n. 4. Obsolete. rare.

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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer

overseera1382

warden1398

surveyorc1440

supervisorc1454

seer1498

supravisor1573

superviser1616

curator1632

curate1648

overvisor1653

surviewer1783

major-domo1835

boss boy1906

monitor1922

incharge1956

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Heym-raedt, the Curates or Overseers of Bancks and Dikes that the Sea or Water-flouds breakes not in.

4. Irish English. An assistant to a publican or a grocer licensed to sell alcoholic spirits; a barman.

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society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor

wine-tavernerc950

vinter1297

wine-drawer1415

vintnerc1430

vintenerc1450

ale-taker1454

merchant vintner1532

winer1532

ale-man1600

gaugerc1610

brandy-man1723

purl-man1797

haberdasher1821

gin-shopper1831

liquor-seller1855

diddle-cove1858

curate1882

off-licensee1892

1882 Herald (Melbourne) 21 Apr. Mrs Moloney is the wife of a respectable tradesman who began life as a ‘grocer's curate’, in Dublin parlance.

1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 184 These two gentlemen and one of the curates carried him up the stairs and laid him down again on the floor of the bar.

a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1987) 101 The curate behind the bar has opened his face into so enormous a yawn that the tears can be heard dripping into the pint he is pulling.

2020 Irish Independent (Nexis) 3 Sept. 5 The skies, having opened and poured like a big-city boozer, magically cleared. The rain held off as if a celestial curate thought better of mopping about the feet of TDs.

II. Senses referring to a thing.

5. A small poker (see quot. 1891). Now rare.

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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker

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fire pike1483

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fire-pote1638

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proker1742

fire point1789

teaser1839

kennedy1864

curate1878

tickler1881

fire stick1896

1878 E. C. Price Lost Battle II. ii. 13 Julia had used the splendid steel poker, and had taken no notice of the little black ‘curate’ in the corner.

1891 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 12 206/2 A ‘curate’ is a small auxiliary poker with a steel point, intended for use, in contradistinction to the elaborate fire brasses, which are only kept for show. It is a standing joke that this article takes its name from the fact that it does the principal part of the work.

1911 Pearson's Mag. Feb. 140/2 Roger..had picked up the ‘curate’ and was poking about in the heart of the fire.

1933 R. Free Dearly Beloved Brethren i. iii. 18 As she stirred the fire with a well-worn poker, she would lisp—‘Thith I call the curate; while thith’—she indicated its highly ornamental companion whose dazzling splendour was never stained by common use—‘thith I call the vicar.’

1999 P. Somerville-Large Irish Voices v. 54 He picked up what we used to call a ‘curate’—a small poker for the fire.

†6. British. A cake stand with two or more tiers. Cf. Compounds 1b. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand

compotier1755

comport1771

cake stand1829

curate's comfort1898

curate's delight1898

curate's friend1898

compote1904

curate1914

1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 216 He places the tray on the table. He then goes out for the curate... Juggins returns with the cakes.

Compounds

C1.

a. With other nouns, with the sense ‘that performs the role of a curate (in various senses); that is both a curate and a ——’.figurative in quot. 1647.

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1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 15 But left the Sun her Curate-light.

1913 Continent 13 Nov. 1574/1 The Open Window..will be particularly enjoyed by ministers, for it has a gentle old curate philosopher for a hero.

1992 P. Dalziel in T. Hardy Excluded & Collaborative Stories 223 Hardy often repeated the story, which had been told to him by Henry Moule, himself the ‘original’ of the curate-protagonist.

b. British. In genitive compounds denoting a cake stand with two or more tiers, as in curate's comfort, curate's delight, curate's friend, etc. Cf. sense 6. Now rare.

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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand

compotier1755

comport1771

cake stand1829

curate's comfort1898

curate's delight1898

curate's friend1898

compote1904

curate1914

1898 Vogue 17 Feb. 112/3 I think if some fellow opened a class for instruction in the art of a graceful carrying of the Curates' Delight at afternoon teas that he would coin money.

1934 M. Harrison Weep for Lycidas i. 152 There were two of those curious stands, known as ‘curate's delights’, full of cakes.

1937 N. Coward Present Indicative v. iii. 180 There..were spread tea-tables..‘Curate's Comforts’, and large bowls of strawberries and cream.

1963 D. Smith New Moon with Old (U.S. ed.) i. i. 7 The whole tea, as well as the curate's aid, reminded Jane of her childhood.

a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) xv. 163 A three tier ‘curate's friend’ cake stand.

1980 R. Gordon Private Life Jack the Ripper (2001) xxiv. 230 Bertie leapt for the drawing-room door, knocking over the ‘curate's delight’, the collapsible three-tiered cake-stand.

C2.

curate-in-charge n. Anglican Church an ordained minister who has charge of a parish but has not been formally appointed as its incumbent; = priest-in-charge n. at priest n. Compounds 6.

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1819 Digest Parochial Returns made to Select Comm. Educ. Poor, 1818 I. 548/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 224) IX-A. 1 St. Luke, Old Street..James Towers, curate in charge.

1892 J. C. Blomfield Hist. Heyford 51 These three acolytes in succession were curates-in-charge of the parish.

2016 Church Times 22 July 28/2 He was a curate in Stoke Newington..before moving to Liverpool to be Curate-in-Charge of St Paul's, Croxteth..in 1980.

Derivatives

(Chiefly in sense 1b.)

ˈcuratess n. now rare a female curate; the wife of a curate.Quot. 1990 refers to quot. 1857.

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1723 Seasonable Apol. for Father Dominick 8 Their only Equipage is a Broomstick, and their only Revenue is now and then a cold Treat in the Church-yard. Marvellous Sacriledge, that Satan and his Haggard Curatesses, should prophane a Place dedicated to better Purposes.

1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1858) xxi. 159 A very lowly curate I might, perhaps, essay to rule; but a curatess would be sure to get the better of me.

1889 G. M. Fenn Cure of Souls 48 What a charming little curatess she would make!

1990 W. D. Shaw Victorians & Myst. vii. 126 In making fun of sacerdotal females and curatesses, is Arabin possibly a male chauvinist, using his frolic humors to mock all women?

cuˈratial adj. now rare of or relating to a curate (in various senses); (also) that is a curate.

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1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 I. 136/2 The curatial or vicarial tithes.

1886 Church Rev. 9 Apr. 180 I now offer to..your curatial readers..Dr. Hayman's table.

1922 H. S. Whitehead Garden of Lord vi. 88 The charming ladies who usually preside over rectorial and curatial dinners, lunches and breakfasts.

1987 Medium Ævum 56 217 Its [sc. the Festial by John Mirk] preaching-matter complements a rudimentary outline of curatial responsibility (the Instructions) and a more devotional work intended to foster in the priest the correct attitude to his vocation (the Manuale).

cuˈratic adj. now rare of or relating to a curate; resembling a curate.

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1866 London Society Oct. 291/2 On Sundays you anticipate posterity, and hear, in a curatic state, all the future bishops and deans.

1882 Graphic 4 Feb. 98 If the curatic period were merely a brief apprenticeship.

1941 Scrutiny 10 133 Edgar was spiritually curatic enough to serve even for the ordained Edmund in the revised version.

cuˈratical adj. of or relating to a curate.

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1741 B. Mills Exam. Remarks Curate of Canterbury 10 I shall not wonder if the Doctrine which in this Construction it contains be henceforward one of this Author's Christian Principles, now he has made it to be really the Case by his own venerable Curatical Authority.

1877 Lady Wood Sheen's Foreman I. 239 ‘The tithe pig's tail’ had never tickled his curatical nose.

2008 Church Times 22 Aug. 14/2 I had always lived with other people..so it was with a real sense of trepidation that I launched myself into curatical single living.

† curatize v. Obsolete intransitive to act as a curate (for a person).

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1758 J. Mulso Let. 9 Mar. in Lett. to G. White of Selborne (1907) lxxiv. 128 Mr Horton still curatizes for Me; I have done nothing yet but preach on the Fast Day, & read Prayers once or twice in an afternoon.

1801 C. K. Sharpe Lett. (1888) I. 103 Her spouse is in the church, and at present curatizing.

1859 J. Keble Let. in J. T. Coleridge Mem. Rev. J. Keble (1869) xviii. 431 The Pitt district seems at present to thrive under the care of Mr. Baker,..who is very kindly curatizing there for me in the intervals of his work as Chaplain of the College.

† curatocult n. Obsolete rare idolization or worship of a curate or curates.Only in or with reference to Charlotte Yonge's novel The Clever Woman of the Family (cf. quot. 1864 for curatolatry n.).

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1864 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman of Family v, in Churchman's Family Mag. Mar. 254 I can't get an answer about my paper on ‘Curatocult,’ as you made me call it.

1865 Glasgow Herald 15 Apr. 2/1 Others..pass the waiting time in ‘curatocult’ or dancing, as their temptation may be.

curaˈtolatry n. now rare idolization or worship of a curate or curates.Quot. 2017 refers to Charlotte Yonge's novel The Clever Woman of the Family (cf. quot. 1864 and curatocult n.).

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1864 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman of Family iii, in Churchman's Family Mag. Feb. 179 ‘I always wished you would call.’ ‘Yes, and I would not as patronage or curatolatry, but this for a purpose.’

1871 Temple Bar Nov. 541 Curatolatry is a light sporadic disorder which spreads a little at certain seasons.

2017 C. A. Wilson J. Austen & Victorian Heroine iv. 118 She also attempts to write essays for periodicals for the purpose of sharing her philosophies, such as Curatolatry, with a wider audience.

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curatev.

Brit.

/kjʊəˈreɪt/,

/kjɔːˈreɪt/,

/kjᵿˈreɪt/,

/ˈkjʊəreɪt/,

/ˈkjɔːreɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkjʊˌreɪt/,

/kjʊˈreɪt/

Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: curator n.

Etymology: Back-formation < curator n. Compare earlier curating n.²

1. transitive. To look after and preserve (the exhibits in a collection, as in a museum); to be the keeper or custodian of (a collection, museum, public garden, etc.).Later uses in contexts relating to museums, art galleries, etc., are sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > have care or custody of building > act as curator of

curate1898

1898 Times of India 7 May 6/3 If a Member of Council developed tastes of this kind, he would be pronounced..as only fit to be curated and put in a museum.

1914 Country Life 18 Apr. 572/1 The Trustees make over to the Museum the collections they from time to time receive and defray the cost of identifying, arranging, cataloguing and generally of ‘curating’ the specimens.

1969 Daily Tel. 6 June (Colour Suppl.) 43/4 All London Zoo's mammals were being curated with tremendous flair.

1998 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Autumn 1/2 Those responsible for curating collections of plants must not be distracted away from their core remit and activity.

2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Apr. 10/5 People will be less enthusiastic about giving unless they can be assured that the collection will be readily accessible and curated with the expertise it deserves.

a. transitive. To select, organize, and present the items for (an exhibition), typically using professional knowledge or expertise.

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1978 Art Jrnl. 37 255/2 Van Deren Coke agreed to curate the exhibition.

1996 Time Out 31 July 45/2 Toys Through The Ages is a new exhibition charting the history of children's toys, curated in collaboration with the London Toy and Model Museum.

2008 D. Thompson $12 Million Stuffed Shark 68 He curated the acclaimed Freeze exhibition..in Docklands, showcasing the work of seventeen fellow students plus his own contribution.

b. transitive. In extended use: to select the performers or performances for (a festival programme), typically using professional knowledge or expertise.

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1982 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. ii. 8/1 The Kitchen presented three different programs of ‘New Performances from P.S. 122’, curated by and including Mr. Dennis.

1998 Los Angeles Mag. Nov. 146/1 Dan Kwong curates a program of dance performances and theatrical works that range from the poignant..to the sassy.

2007 Spin May 55/1 If you were to curate a festival, what would be your ideal lineup?

a. transitive. To select and organize (the items in a set or collection), frequently for presentation, display, or publication; to put together or compile (a set or collection of some kind) selectively.Sometimes with humorous allusion to senses 1 and 2a.

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1995 Archaeol. Mag. July 16/3 Soon, researchers will have interactive access to their colleagues' and predecessors' artifact databases. Such access will make new demands on archaeologists to curate and analyze their data promptly.

2000 N.Y. Mag. 6 Nov. 24/1 If you had any doubts about the clientele the Hudson is targeting, peruse the offerings in the hotel's library. The stacks..have been carefully ‘curated’ by Ian Schrager's ‘director of creative affairs’.

2005 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. (T: Style Mag.) 175 To fortify herself, Golden prefers fine footwear—a wardrobe this carefully curated has no room for sneakers (or jeans).

2012 i (Nexis) 25 Oct. (News section) 16 I shall now go home and curate my collection of ties for immediate re-use.

2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 23 May The menu is craftily curated, resulting in a document that is a pleasure to peruse.

b. transitive. spec. To select, organize, and present (content, esp. on a website); to be the editor of (a website, publication, etc.).

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2005 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 28 Oct. 14 By virtue of the fact that they have often both written and designed their own materials, as well as edited and curated content produced by others, many of these people have become expert e-publishers.

2006 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. June 44/2 As you wade through the millions of words on ESPN.com, you wonder if anyone is curating what reaches the screen.

2010 W. J. Martin & X. Tian Bks., Bytes & Business iii. 45 Publishers will be..engaged in the business of generating, curating and aggregating content.

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单词	curate
释义	curaten. Brit. /ˈkjʊərət/, /ˈkjɔːrət/, U.S. /ˈkjʊrət/, /ˈkjʊˌreɪt/ Forms: Middle English curaat, Middle English curatt, Middle English curet (northern), Middle English curette (northern), Middle English cwrate, Middle English–1700s curat, Middle English– curate, 1500s curatte, 1500s currat; Scottish pre-1700 corate, pre-1700 curait, pre-1700 curat, pre-1700 curatt, pre-1700 curet, pre-1700 cwret, pre-1700 1700s– curate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin curatus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin curatus monk having the care of an obedience (11th cent.), person entrusted with a cure of souls or ecclesiastical charge, parish priest or his deputy (frequently from 1300 in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), use as noun of curatus (adjective) involving a cure of souls (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), (of a person) charged with a cure of souls (from 13th cent. in British sources; from 14th cent. in continental sources), in classical Latin (as cūrātus ) in the sense 'cared for', use as adjective of past participle of cūrāre cure v.¹ Compare French curé (13th cent.; compare curé n.⁶), Old Occitan curat (1331), Catalan curat (15th cent.), Italian curato (1363 as churato), Spanish cura (1330). I. Senses referring to a person. 1. a. Any ecclesiastic, such as a bishop, priest, or deacon, who has the spiritual charge of a body of laypeople; esp. a parish priest. Now rare except in sense 1b.In later use only in curate of souls (cf. cure of souls at cure n.¹ 4a) or with reference to non-English speaking countries in uses corresponding to French curé, Italian curato, or Spanish cura. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > parson > [noun] curatec1390 curatorc1390 parson1591 sir1591 black coat1616 curate1687 fingerpost1785 tickle-text1785 c1390 W. Hilton Mixed Life (Vernon) in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1895) I. 268 Þe þridde lyf..longeþ speciali to men of holy churche, as to prelates and to oþur curates, þe whȝuche han cure & souereynte ouer oþur men for to kepe & rule hem. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (1868) l. 219 He [sc. the friar] hadde power of confessioun As seyde him self, moore than a curaat [c1405 Ellesmere Curat]. ?c1430 (?1382) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 518 Not oonly simple prestis and curatis, but also sovereyne curatis, as bisshopis, shulde not axe here sugetis..more þan liflode. a1500 (a1477) Black Bk. (Soc. of Antiquaries) in A. R. Myers Househ. Edward IV (1959) 134 Also this deane is curate and confessoure of all this houshold. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student l. f. cxlv^v Varyaunce began to ryse bytwene curates & theyr parysshens. 1622 Treat. Auricular Confession vii. 55 That vtilitie cometh hereby to pastors and curates of soules appeareth, sith by confession, they vnderstand the griefes, hart-burninges, diseases, and euery particular soare of their flock and charge. 1638 R. Brathwait Barnabees Journall (new ed.) iii. sig. X6 I drunk Stingo With a Butcher and Domingo Th' Curat. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 7 In our Journey to Paris..[we met] an old Priest..near a little Village whereof he was Curate. 1729 J. Swift Modest Proposal 11 To..pay Tythes against their Conscience, to an Episcopal Curate. 1801 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 5 351 I had inoculated four children of a gentleman living in a village Brunnam Gebizg: the respectable curate of that parish..was astonished at the slightness of the disease. 1886 Church Q. Rev. July 298 In immediate subordination..to the chief curate of the parish, or to the bishop only. 1988 D. W. Landrum Laudian Themes in Poetry R. Herrick (Ph.D. thesis, Purdue Univ., Indiana) ii. 61 Herrick..finishes his discourse as one might expect that a curate of souls would. 2018 V. Diaz Balsera Guardians of Idolatry 15 He was..three times curate of the Cathedral of Mexico, and three times visitador general to the archbishops of Mexico. b. Anglican Church and Roman Catholic Church. An unbeneficed member of the clergy licensed by the bishop of the diocese to perform ministerial duties in a parish as a deputy or assistant of the incumbent, typically for a stipend or salary; an assistant to a parish priest. Also more fully assistant curate.Now the main sense.See also curate-in-charge n., perpetual curate n., stipendiary curate n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > curate > [noun] minister1408 curate1557 1557 Indenture about Advowson of Garsington (Trinity Coll. Oxf. B/4.4) And that also the said president [of Trinity College, Oxford] being parson of the said Rectorie [of Garsington] shall likewise foreuer at his own proper charges fynde one sufficient Catholike and hable Curat to serve in the..Rectorye and parishe churche. 1587 Petition in T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. (1655) ix. 190 No Non-resident having already a licence or faculty may enjoy it, unless he depute an able Curate, that may weekly preach and catechize. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket vi. 322 Let vs not take and keepe liuings of an hundred, or two hundred pound a yeere, and allow a poore Curate (to supply the voluntary negligence of our non-residence) eight, or..ten pounds yeerely. 1709 R. Steele & J. Swift Tatler No. 71 Our Vicar..when his Curate..preaches in the Afternoon..sleeps sotting in the Desk on a Hissock. 1796 Hull Advertiser 24 Sept. 3/2 A clergyman has for several years officiated as assistant curate at a chapel of ease. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. i. vi. 46 Agreeable, no doubt, but dull—good curates generally are. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow I. ii. 24 Some overworked curate or sister of mercy. 1966 H. Kemelman Saturday Rabbi went Hungry xxix. 148 She..did happen to mention that the young curate, whatsisname, Peter Dodge over at St. Andrews, has said he might drop in on Hirsh that evening. 1972 J. B. Keane Lett. Irish Parish Priest in Celebrated Lett. (1996) 108 I was once a curate with Father Dick Hobbs. 1995 Times 22 Apr. (Weekend section) 2/2 Our celebrant..as succentor, is in charge of the music and is assistant curate of the parish. 2002 Church Times 22 Feb. 13/1 His new curate..is enthusiastic about developing cross-generational worship. c. During the period 1662 to 1688: an incumbent appointed by a bishop to a Scottish parish. Chiefly historical.Such incumbents were appointed following the Rescissory Act of 1661 which imposed an episcopal structure on the Church of Scotland and they tended to be young, inexperienced men who had completed their studies but had not been ordained; hence the name curate was depreciatively applied to them (cf. sense 1b). The incumbents thus appointed were replaced by Presbyterian clergy after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. ΚΠ 1687 A. Shields Hind let Loose iii. 235 The Prelatick Curats can give no proof of their Ministry. 1706 A. Shields Church-communion Enquired Into Pref. 3 Others could not join in hearing the Curates. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 251 About two hundred curates—so the episcopal priests were called—were expelled. 2015 A. T. N. Muirhead Reformation, Dissent & Diversity v. 87 The revolution of 1688 put the Presbyterians back into power, and it was the ousted Episcopalian ‘curates’ who were conducting marriage services. †2. Scottish. The guardian of a minor or other person not fully capable of conducting his or her own affairs; spec. the guardian of a minor after the age of tutelage; = curator n. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1463 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 23 It was fundin..that Henry of Culan..has chosine til his curatis to gowerne him, Androw of Lesly and Thome of Culan. a1525 Bk. Chess 144 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I Sic folk suld haue a curet with all richt For to dispone thair gudis & thair micht. †3. A person in charge of something; an overseer; = curator n. 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer overseera1382 warden1398 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 seer1498 supravisor1573 superviser1616 curator1632 curate1648 overvisor1653 surviewer1783 major-domo1835 boss boy1906 monitor1922 incharge1956 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Heym-raedt, the Curates or Overseers of Bancks and Dikes that the Sea or Water-flouds breakes not in. 4. Irish English. An assistant to a publican or a grocer licensed to sell alcoholic spirits; a barman. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of liquor wine-tavernerc950 vinter1297 wine-drawer1415 vintnerc1430 vintenerc1450 ale-taker1454 merchant vintner1532 winer1532 ale-man1600 gaugerc1610 brandy-man1723 purl-man1797 haberdasher1821 gin-shopper1831 liquor-seller1855 diddle-cove1858 curate1882 off-licensee1892 1882 Herald (Melbourne) 21 Apr. Mrs Moloney is the wife of a respectable tradesman who began life as a ‘grocer's curate’, in Dublin parlance. 1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 184 These two gentlemen and one of the curates carried him up the stairs and laid him down again on the floor of the bar. a1966 ‘M. na Gopaleen’ Best of Myles (1987) 101 The curate behind the bar has opened his face into so enormous a yawn that the tears can be heard dripping into the pint he is pulling. 2020 Irish Independent (Nexis) 3 Sept. 5 The skies, having opened and poured like a big-city boozer, magically cleared. The rain held off as if a celestial curate thought better of mopping about the feet of TDs. II. Senses referring to a thing. 5. A small poker (see quot. 1891). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > hearth or fireplace > poker purr1357 fire-purra1451 fire pike1483 poker1534 fire-pote1638 pote1638 proker1742 fire point1789 teaser1839 kennedy1864 curate1878 tickler1881 fire stick1896 1878 E. C. Price Lost Battle II. ii. 13 Julia had used the splendid steel poker, and had taken no notice of the little black ‘curate’ in the corner. 1891 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 12 206/2 A ‘curate’ is a small auxiliary poker with a steel point, intended for use, in contradistinction to the elaborate fire brasses, which are only kept for show. It is a standing joke that this article takes its name from the fact that it does the principal part of the work. 1911 Pearson's Mag. Feb. 140/2 Roger..had picked up the ‘curate’ and was poking about in the heart of the fire. 1933 R. Free Dearly Beloved Brethren i. iii. 18 As she stirred the fire with a well-worn poker, she would lisp—‘Thith I call the curate; while thith’—she indicated its highly ornamental companion whose dazzling splendour was never stained by common use—‘thith I call the vicar.’ 1999 P. Somerville-Large Irish Voices v. 54 He picked up what we used to call a ‘curate’—a small poker for the fire. †6. British. A cake stand with two or more tiers. Cf. Compounds 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand compotier1755 comport1771 cake stand1829 curate's comfort1898 curate's delight1898 curate's friend1898 compote1904 curate1914 1914 G. B. Shaw Fanny's Last Play iii, in Misalliance 216 He places the tray on the table. He then goes out for the curate... Juggins returns with the cakes. Compounds C1. a. With other nouns, with the sense ‘that performs the role of a curate (in various senses); that is both a curate and a ——’.figurative in quot. 1647. ΚΠ 1647 J. Cleveland Poems in Char. London-diurnall (Wing C4662) 15 But left the Sun her Curate-light. 1913 Continent 13 Nov. 1574/1 The Open Window..will be particularly enjoyed by ministers, for it has a gentle old curate philosopher for a hero. 1992 P. Dalziel in T. Hardy Excluded & Collaborative Stories 223 Hardy often repeated the story, which had been told to him by Henry Moule, himself the ‘original’ of the curate-protagonist. b. British. In genitive compounds denoting a cake stand with two or more tiers, as in curate's comfort, curate's delight, curate's friend, etc. Cf. sense 6. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > table-vessels > dish or plate > dish on stand compotier1755 comport1771 cake stand1829 curate's comfort1898 curate's delight1898 curate's friend1898 compote1904 curate1914 1898 Vogue 17 Feb. 112/3 I think if some fellow opened a class for instruction in the art of a graceful carrying of the Curates' Delight at afternoon teas that he would coin money. 1934 M. Harrison Weep for Lycidas i. 152 There were two of those curious stands, known as ‘curate's delights’, full of cakes. 1937 N. Coward Present Indicative v. iii. 180 There..were spread tea-tables..‘Curate's Comforts’, and large bowls of strawberries and cream. 1963 D. Smith New Moon with Old (U.S. ed.) i. i. 7 The whole tea, as well as the curate's aid, reminded Jane of her childhood. a1966 M. Allingham Cargo of Eagles (1968) xv. 163 A three tier ‘curate's friend’ cake stand. 1980 R. Gordon Private Life Jack the Ripper (2001) xxiv. 230 Bertie leapt for the drawing-room door, knocking over the ‘curate's delight’, the collapsible three-tiered cake-stand. C2. curate-in-charge n. Anglican Church an ordained minister who has charge of a parish but has not been formally appointed as its incumbent; = priest-in-charge n. at priest n. Compounds 6. ΚΠ 1819 Digest Parochial Returns made to Select Comm. Educ. Poor, 1818 I. 548/1 in Parl. Papers (H.C. 224) IX-A. 1 St. Luke, Old Street..James Towers, curate in charge. 1892 J. C. Blomfield Hist. Heyford 51 These three acolytes in succession were curates-in-charge of the parish. 2016 Church Times 22 July 28/2 He was a curate in Stoke Newington..before moving to Liverpool to be Curate-in-Charge of St Paul's, Croxteth..in 1980. Derivatives (Chiefly in sense 1b.) ˈcuratess n. now rare a female curate; the wife of a curate.Quot. 1990 refers to quot. 1857. ΚΠ 1723 Seasonable Apol. for Father Dominick 8 Their only Equipage is a Broomstick, and their only Revenue is now and then a cold Treat in the Church-yard. Marvellous Sacriledge, that Satan and his Haggard Curatesses, should prophane a Place dedicated to better Purposes. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1858) xxi. 159 A very lowly curate I might, perhaps, essay to rule; but a curatess would be sure to get the better of me. 1889 G. M. Fenn Cure of Souls 48 What a charming little curatess she would make! 1990 W. D. Shaw Victorians & Myst. vii. 126 In making fun of sacerdotal females and curatesses, is Arabin possibly a male chauvinist, using his frolic humors to mock all women? cuˈratial adj. now rare of or relating to a curate (in various senses); (also) that is a curate. ΚΠ 1846 Parl. Gazetteer Ireland, 1844–5 I. 136/2 The curatial or vicarial tithes. 1886 Church Rev. 9 Apr. 180 I now offer to..your curatial readers..Dr. Hayman's table. 1922 H. S. Whitehead Garden of Lord vi. 88 The charming ladies who usually preside over rectorial and curatial dinners, lunches and breakfasts. 1987 Medium Ævum 56 217 Its [sc. the Festial by John Mirk] preaching-matter complements a rudimentary outline of curatial responsibility (the Instructions) and a more devotional work intended to foster in the priest the correct attitude to his vocation (the Manuale). cuˈratic adj. now rare of or relating to a curate; resembling a curate. ΚΠ 1866 London Society Oct. 291/2 On Sundays you anticipate posterity, and hear, in a curatic state, all the future bishops and deans. 1882 Graphic 4 Feb. 98 If the curatic period were merely a brief apprenticeship. 1941 Scrutiny 10 133 Edgar was spiritually curatic enough to serve even for the ordained Edmund in the revised version. cuˈratical adj. of or relating to a curate. ΚΠ 1741 B. Mills Exam. Remarks Curate of Canterbury 10 I shall not wonder if the Doctrine which in this Construction it contains be henceforward one of this Author's Christian Principles, now he has made it to be really the Case by his own venerable Curatical Authority. 1877 Lady Wood Sheen's Foreman I. 239 ‘The tithe pig's tail’ had never tickled his curatical nose. 2008 Church Times 22 Aug. 14/2 I had always lived with other people..so it was with a real sense of trepidation that I launched myself into curatical single living. † curatize v. Obsolete intransitive to act as a curate (for a person). ΚΠ 1758 J. Mulso Let. 9 Mar. in Lett. to G. White of Selborne (1907) lxxiv. 128 Mr Horton still curatizes for Me; I have done nothing yet but preach on the Fast Day, & read Prayers once or twice in an afternoon. 1801 C. K. Sharpe Lett. (1888) I. 103 Her spouse is in the church, and at present curatizing. 1859 J. Keble Let. in J. T. Coleridge Mem. Rev. J. Keble (1869) xviii. 431 The Pitt district seems at present to thrive under the care of Mr. Baker,..who is very kindly curatizing there for me in the intervals of his work as Chaplain of the College. † curatocult n. Obsolete rare idolization or worship of a curate or curates.Only in or with reference to Charlotte Yonge's novel The Clever Woman of the Family (cf. quot. 1864 for curatolatry n.). ΚΠ 1864 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman of Family v, in Churchman's Family Mag. Mar. 254 I can't get an answer about my paper on ‘Curatocult,’ as you made me call it. 1865 Glasgow Herald 15 Apr. 2/1 Others..pass the waiting time in ‘curatocult’ or dancing, as their temptation may be. curaˈtolatry n. now rare idolization or worship of a curate or curates.Quot. 2017 refers to Charlotte Yonge's novel The Clever Woman of the Family (cf. quot. 1864 and curatocult n.). ΚΠ 1864 C. M. Yonge Clever Woman of Family iii, in Churchman's Family Mag. Feb. 179 ‘I always wished you would call.’ ‘Yes, and I would not as patronage or curatolatry, but this for a purpose.’ 1871 Temple Bar Nov. 541 Curatolatry is a light sporadic disorder which spreads a little at certain seasons. 2017 C. A. Wilson J. Austen & Victorian Heroine iv. 118 She also attempts to write essays for periodicals for the purpose of sharing her philosophies, such as Curatolatry, with a wider audience. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). curatev. Brit. /kjʊəˈreɪt/, /kjɔːˈreɪt/, /kjᵿˈreɪt/, /ˈkjʊəreɪt/, /ˈkjɔːreɪt/, U.S. /ˈkjʊˌreɪt/, /kjʊˈreɪt/ Origin: Formed within English, by back-formation. Etymon: curator n. Etymology: Back-formation < curator n. Compare earlier curating n.² 1. transitive. To look after and preserve (the exhibits in a collection, as in a museum); to be the keeper or custodian of (a collection, museum, public garden, etc.).Later uses in contexts relating to museums, art galleries, etc., are sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > have care or custody of building > act as curator of curate1898 1898 Times of India 7 May 6/3 If a Member of Council developed tastes of this kind, he would be pronounced..as only fit to be curated and put in a museum. 1914 Country Life 18 Apr. 572/1 The Trustees make over to the Museum the collections they from time to time receive and defray the cost of identifying, arranging, cataloguing and generally of ‘curating’ the specimens. 1969 Daily Tel. 6 June (Colour Suppl.) 43/4 All London Zoo's mammals were being curated with tremendous flair. 1998 Univ. Oxf. Bot. Garden News Autumn 1/2 Those responsible for curating collections of plants must not be distracted away from their core remit and activity. 2001 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 30 Apr. 10/5 People will be less enthusiastic about giving unless they can be assured that the collection will be readily accessible and curated with the expertise it deserves. 2. a. transitive. To select, organize, and present the items for (an exhibition), typically using professional knowledge or expertise. ΚΠ 1978 Art Jrnl. 37 255/2 Van Deren Coke agreed to curate the exhibition. 1996 Time Out 31 July 45/2 Toys Through The Ages is a new exhibition charting the history of children's toys, curated in collaboration with the London Toy and Model Museum. 2008 D. Thompson $12 Million Stuffed Shark 68 He curated the acclaimed Freeze exhibition..in Docklands, showcasing the work of seventeen fellow students plus his own contribution. b. transitive. In extended use: to select the performers or performances for (a festival programme), typically using professional knowledge or expertise. ΚΠ 1982 N.Y. Times 24 Jan. ii. 8/1 The Kitchen presented three different programs of ‘New Performances from P.S. 122’, curated by and including Mr. Dennis. 1998 Los Angeles Mag. Nov. 146/1 Dan Kwong curates a program of dance performances and theatrical works that range from the poignant..to the sassy. 2007 Spin May 55/1 If you were to curate a festival, what would be your ideal lineup? 3. a. transitive. To select and organize (the items in a set or collection), frequently for presentation, display, or publication; to put together or compile (a set or collection of some kind) selectively.Sometimes with humorous allusion to senses 1 and 2a. ΚΠ 1995 Archaeol. Mag. July 16/3 Soon, researchers will have interactive access to their colleagues' and predecessors' artifact databases. Such access will make new demands on archaeologists to curate and analyze their data promptly. 2000 N.Y. Mag. 6 Nov. 24/1 If you had any doubts about the clientele the Hudson is targeting, peruse the offerings in the hotel's library. The stacks..have been carefully ‘curated’ by Ian Schrager's ‘director of creative affairs’. 2005 N.Y. Times 20 Feb. (T: Style Mag.) 175 To fortify herself, Golden prefers fine footwear—a wardrobe this carefully curated has no room for sneakers (or jeans). 2012 i (Nexis) 25 Oct. (News section) 16 I shall now go home and curate my collection of ties for immediate re-use. 2015 Indian Express (Nexis) 23 May The menu is craftily curated, resulting in a document that is a pleasure to peruse. b. transitive. spec. To select, organize, and present (content, esp. on a website); to be the editor of (a website, publication, etc.). ΚΠ 2005 Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 28 Oct. 14 By virtue of the fact that they have often both written and designed their own materials, as well as edited and curated content produced by others, many of these people have become expert e-publishers. 2006 Play: N.Y. Times Sports Mag. June 44/2 As you wade through the millions of words on ESPN.com, you wonder if anyone is curating what reaches the screen. 2010 W. J. Martin & X. Tian Bks., Bytes & Business iii. 45 Publishers will be..engaged in the business of generating, curating and aggregating content. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.c1390v.1898
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