~ 1 [ 'kjʊərət ]
■ noun (also assistant ~ ) a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a parish priest.
↘ archaic a minister with pastoral responsibility.
Phrases
~'s egg Brit. something that is partly good and partly bad. [from a cartoon in Punch (1895) depicting a meek ~ who, given a stale egg when dining with the bishop, assures his host that ‘parts of it are excellent’.]
Derivatives
curacy noun ( plural curacies ).
Origin
ME: from med. L. curatus , from L. cura 'care'.
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~ 2 [ kjʊ(ə)'reɪt ]
■ verb select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition).
Derivatives
curation noun
Origin
C19: back-form. from curator .