One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.
a deacon or other person not fully ordained who receives a fee for working in a small parish; the parish a curate works with is his 'cure'; sometimes a curate is the newest assistant to a senior minister at a large parish. Curates generally work under the supervision of a senior minister and do not have full responsibility for their parish. Equivalent to a vicar.
A cleric who assists a rector
a minister in training. They would typically spend about two years in a parish after completing their more formal education.
In the Parish Registers this term was used for a clergyman who served as the Asssistant to the Rector of a Parish. It may appear in the Register as "Ass. Cur." Some were termed "Island Curate", and this would be abbreviated in the Register as "I.C." : in a Will, usually used for 'currency,' meaning Jamaican £, as opposed to 'sterling' the value in British pounds.
a "clergyman who assists the principal priest in the performance of his parochial duties
an assistant to a Parish Priest
a priest employed as a substitute by a Rector or Vicar to conduct services and parish work during his absence
a sort of assistant clergyman
a term used in various Christian religions whopossess an ordained ministry to describe a priest who is not a parish priest but operates in effect as his or her deputy
Usually indicates a clergyman who assists the rector in a parish church.
an assistant minister in a parish, either a priest or a deacon, occasionally the minister of a parish
A clergyman who is assistant to a vicar or rector of a church.
The term typically refers to an assisting priest in a parish. It is from the Latin curatus, "entrusted with the care" of something.
The title sometimes given to new assistant priests in large parishes. Curates generally work under the supervision of a senior minister and do not have full responsibility for their parish.
From the Latin curatus (compare Curator), a curate is a person who is invested with the care, or cure (cura), of souls of a parish. In this sense, it technically means a parish priest. However, in the Anglican Church it has come to mean an assistant priest or deacon, and in the Catholic Church it is often the term used for the parochial vicar or priest assigned to assist the pastor of a parish.