curate
Sign in to saveupright|thumb|John Vianney, the A curate () is a person who is invested with the care or cure () of souls of a parish. In this sense, curate means a parish priest; but in many English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest. The duties or office of a curate are called a curacy.
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upright|thumb|John Vianney, the A curate () is a person who is invested with the care or cure () of souls of a parish. In this sense, curate means a parish priest; but in many English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest. The duties or office of a curate are called a curacy.
==Etymology and other terms== The term is derived from the Latin perfect passive participle 'arranged (taken care of); healed, cured' of the verb curō 'arrange, see to, attend to; cure; etc.' (compare curator).