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
The family and its staff curate dishes like papaya salad and massaman curry that look familiar on a menu, yet feel completely fresh and novel on your plate.
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Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
Deeply faithful to the restaurant's farm-to-table concept, chefs at NM curate seasonal menus featuring local ingredients.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
The store curates with care, champions local authors, and partners widely with schools, libraries, and cultural institutions.
—Emily Bramhall, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025
Sixteen classrooms are decorated in various ways to curate learning spaces children might encounter on field trips.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
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Mary Lebus, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Dec. 2025
Deeply faithful to the restaurant's farm-to-table concept, chefs at NM curate seasonal menus featuring local ingredients.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
The store curates with care, champions local authors, and partners widely with schools, libraries, and cultural institutions.
—Emily Bramhall, Miami Herald, 20 Nov. 2025
Sixteen classrooms are decorated in various ways to curate learning spaces children might encounter on field trips.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curate
Noun
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The Vatican said in its daily bulletin Tuesday that Leo had accepted Sheleta’s resignation under the code of canon law for eastern rite churches that allows for the pope to agree if a bishop asks to step down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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The Vatican said in its daily bulletin Tuesday that Leo had accepted Shaleta’s resignation under the code of canon law for Eastern Rite churches that allows for the pope to agree if a bishop asks to step down.—
Gregory Bull,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Cardinal Robert McElroy, the archbishop of Washington, said the United States and Israel had failed to meet the minimum criteria for the war to be considered morally just.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Mar. 2026
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For four decades, the Catholic archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, has been visiting migrants at the Krome Detention Center on the edge of the Everglades, where a weekly Mass is held.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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In the summer, on the exact day The Godfather passed $50 million in revenue, Francis and George Lucas went down to the nearest Mercedes dealership and bought a dark blue 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman — the same model, Francis boasted, as the pope’s.—
Paul Fischer,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Vatican said in its daily bulletin Tuesday that Leo had accepted Sheleta’s resignation under the code of canon law for eastern rite churches that allows for the pope to agree if a bishop asks to step down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the words written in her autobiography served as the guide for the two-hour service filled with hymns and scriptures, as Christ Episcopal Church rector Father Jonathan Archer read a passage from the book which was published in 2000 during her memorial on Friday.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2026
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At Sagrada Familia, a prayer verse is included at the base of the cross installed Friday afternoon, said church rector Turull.—
Suman Naishadham,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The pompous clergyman enters the life of the Bennet family, his distant cousins, with the assumption that, given his respectable position and benefactor, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, one of those daughters would be happy to marry him.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Garage owner and keen early automobilist Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan, the son of a rural English clergyman, built his first car, an eponymous prototype, in 1909.—
Jamie Kitman,
Air Mail,
21 Feb. 2026
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The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN Money,
3 Feb. 2026
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Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit.—
Abigail Wise,
Outside,
3 Jan. 2026
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Rae Huang, a pastor and housing advocate, will also appear on the ballot.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2026
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According to his own website, Bryant is not only a pastor in Georgia, but also an activist, author and podcaster.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Tobin’s speech was national news; here was a prelate challenging the Trump Administration in blunt, anguished terms.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
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However, the bishops took the extra step of releasing a video of various prelates reading the message into the camera, a component that observers interpreted as an unusually direct and personal rebuke.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Dec. 2025
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