Curate vs. Vicar

Curatenoun

an assistant rector or vicar

Curatenoun

a parish priest

Curateverb

(transitive) To act as a curator for.

Curateverb

(transitive) To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.

Curateverb

(intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

Curatenoun

One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.

Curatenoun

a person authorized to conduct religious worship

Curatenoun

a member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest.

Curatenoun

a minister with pastoral responsibility.

Curateverb

select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition)

Curateverb

select the performers or performances that will feature in (an arts event or programme)

Curateverb

select, organize, and present (online content, merchandise, information, etc.), typically using professional or expert knowledge

Curate

A curate (, sometimes ) is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish. In this sense, correctly means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest.

Vicarnoun

In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

Vicarnoun

In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.

Vicarnoun

A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

Vicarnoun

One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

Vicarnoun

The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Vicarnoun

a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

Vicarnoun

(Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel

Vicarnoun

(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish

Vicarnoun

(in the Church of England) an incumbent of a parish where tithes formerly passed to a chapter or religious house or layperson.

Vicarnoun

(in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy deputizing for another.

Vicarnoun

(in the Roman Catholic Church) a representative or deputy of a bishop.

Vicarnoun

(in the US Episcopal Church) a member of the clergy in charge of a chapel.

Vicarnoun

a cleric or choir member appointed to sing certain parts of a cathedral service.

Vicar

A vicar (; Latin: vicarius) is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting or agent for a superior (compare in the sense of ). Linguistically, vicar is cognate with the English prefix , similarly meaning .