Priest vs. Curate

Priestnoun

a religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

Priestnoun

a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish

Priestnoun

(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

Priestverb

(transitive) To ordain as a priest.

Priestnoun

A presbyter elder; a minister

Priestnoun

One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

Priestverb

To ordain as priest.

Priestnoun

a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

Priestnoun

a spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion

Priestnoun

an ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments

Priestnoun

a person who performs religious ceremonies and duties in a non-Christian religion

Priestnoun

a mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.

Priestverb

ordain to the priesthood

Priest

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.

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.