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
In the film, O’Connor gives Emily a passionate affair with William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), a young curate in the local parish.
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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
Soon, Emily begins taking French lessons from her father’s assistant curate, the serious-minded William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).
—Michelle Mehrtens, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
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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
Soon, Emily begins taking French lessons from her father’s assistant curate, the serious-minded William Weightman (Oliver Jackson-Cohen).
—Michelle Mehrtens, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curate
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He was appointed an auxiliary bishop of Chicago on Sept. 11, 2020, and ordained two months later.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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To evade Western sanctions, the Chinese Communist Party uses less bloody and more hidden methods of coercion against these bishops than the show trials and physical ...Nina Shea, National Review, 22 Oct. 2024
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Pierre, the papal nuncio, will install Grob as the new archbishop.Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
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Puerto Rico’s Catholic archbishop also called on Trump to apologize.Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
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The pope then dedicated the Pantheon to Mary, the Blessed Mother and martyrs.Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
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Caught in the vortex of egos is Cardinal Lawrence (played by a sharp Ralph Fiennes), an Englishman who’d tried to resign recently from his post over his growing doubt about his beliefs, but who was charged by the late pope to lead the conclave anyway.Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
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The local rector warns him away from the book and offers him salvation – but despite his efforts, the book cannot be destroyed and returns to Sarre with dark consequences.K.J. Yossman, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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Even as book collectors have, over the centuries, shifted shape from rectors to hedge-fund managers, they have remained driven by an impulse that is both febrile and fastidious.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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The first hint of photosynthesis came from experiments by English clergyman and scientist Joseph Priestly.Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2024
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Among the clergymen cited in the lawsuits that were settled Wednesday, Father Michael Baker is one of the priests with the most victims.Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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Better would it have been had the vicar never been born.SPIN Staff, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2024
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Atkinson both sends up and deepens stock characters like the vicar, who here has lost his faith; a major who doesn’t feel cut out for civilian life; and the batty lady of the manor, who appears to have arrived via time machine from the Victorian era.Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
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The investigation was conducted by law firm Haynes Boone after the accusations against Gateway senior pastor and founder Robert Morris surfaced earlier this year.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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World Relief organized a letter to the presidential candidates signed by evangelical Christian pastors and leaders from all 50 states.Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The prelate suggested that any rush toward legalizing civil divorce could undermine Filipino families – the foundational aspect of society, according to the country’s constitution.Mark Saludes, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2024
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Archbishop José Gomez, the soft-spoken, hard-line prelate.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
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“Curate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curate. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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