Synonyms of curate

curate

noun

as in bishop

a person who is in charge of a Christian parish

The curate met with the bishop in the cathedral.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bishop
• archbishop
• pope
• rector
• clergyman
• vicar
• pastor
• prelate
• curé
• abbot
• parson
• priest
• shepherd
• abbé
• chaplain
• monk
• churchman
• friar
• padre
• priestess
• dean
• father
• diocesan
• deaconess
• confessor
• Holy Joe
• deacon
• presbyter
• missionary
• clergywoman
• monsignor
• missioner
• sky pilot
• evangelist
• revivalist
• archpriest
• reverend
• monastic
• preacher
• religious
• cleric
• clerical
• oblate
• missionizer
• mendicant
• dominie
• ecclesiastic
• minister
• clergyperson
• high priestess
• divine
• high priest
• clerk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• layman
• lay reader
• lector
• secular
• layperson

Examples of curate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Occasionally, Stitch Fix will also partner with celebrities and influencers, like Peloton instructor Emma Lovewell, to guest curate collections. —Kaitlin Marks, Peoplemag, 23 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