as in bishop
a person who is in charge of a Christian parish
The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral.
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Recent Examples of curate
Fiennes is backed by a stellar supporting cast that, in addition to Tucci's firebrand Bellini, included John Lithgow as a sanctimonious curate and Carlos Diehz as Cardinal Benitez, intriguing and comforting in his calm stillness.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
In the film, O’Connor gives Emily a passionate affair with William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a young curate in the local parish.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
That Emily had a premarital affair with William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a real assistant curate who worked with her father Patrick in the village of Haworth, Yorkshire.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
Worse, O’Connor anchors Emily’s artistic coming-of-age to a rote romance with a hunky curate who also tutors her in French.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
In the film, O’Connor gives Emily a passionate affair with William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a young curate in the local parish.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
That Emily had a premarital affair with William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a real assistant curate who worked with her father Patrick in the village of Haworth, Yorkshire.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2023
Worse, O’Connor anchors Emily’s artistic coming-of-age to a rote romance with a hunky curate who also tutors her in French.
—Mark Olsenstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curate
Noun
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Before being called to the Vatican, the future Leo XIV was bishop of Chiclayo, which performed even better than most other regions of Peru.—
Alejandro Antonio Chafuen,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Image As a cardinal and head of the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, Pope Leo was already thinking about artificial intelligence.—
Motoko Rich,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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For the formal event, Scary Spice has had to meet with several archbishops in preparation.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
15 May 2025
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Plus, the archbishop of Chicago, who was part of the historic conclave, joins us.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Onlookers learned that a new pope had been elected after white smoke rose from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel that afternoon.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
13 May 2025
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The heir to the throne, who attended the funeral in his father’s stead, won’t be pulling double duty by attending the official ceremony for the new pope, and his wife, Middleton won’t be attending either.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
12 May 2025
Noun
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My class—led by the church rector, Nigel Massey, a boyish-looking Brit who studied theology at Oxford—was focussed on the subjunctive as used to express uncertainty.—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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His leadership style was further shaped while serving as rector of the Colegio de San José in Buenos Aires from 1980 to 1986.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
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The technique seen in the clergyman also hasn’t been reported in scientific literature before, Nerlich added.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
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The clergymen’s colors signaled their rank, and a seating chart could reveal which dignitary or humble believer sat where.—
Alan Yuhas,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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And then the announcement: the unknown Robert Francis Prevost had been elected the vicar of Jesus Christ.—
Christopher Hale,
Time,
9 May 2025
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The vicar, who had a long-term smoking habit, wasn’t poisoned, the study determined.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
2 May 2025
Noun
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According to Deadline Hollywood, which first reported the news, Hudson will portray Reverend Peters, a Baptist pastor at the head of a prominent Boston law enforcement dynasty that includes his daughter, District Attorney Mae Silver, and his granddaughter, Det.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, a Catholic parish in Logan Heights that has served immigrant peoples for its 100-year existence, where I am humbled to serve as its pastor, has entered as one of five plaintiffs in a suit against the federal government’s immigration agencies.—
Scott Santarosa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 May 2025
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The other eight cardinals are from all over the U.S. Raymond Cardinal Burke, an American cardinal prelate who was appointed as cardinal by Benedict XVI, is known as a traditionalist.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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Other church officials assisted, including the Venezuelan archbishop, the Brazilian prelate and the late pope’s secretaries, according to the Vatican press office.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Curate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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