Associations to the word «Curate»

Wiktionary

CURATE, noun. An assistant rector or vicar
CURATE, noun. A parish priest
CURATE, verb. (transitive) To act as a curator for.
CURATE, verb. (transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
CURATE, verb. (intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

Dictionary definition

CURATE, noun. A person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats