(verb) work done by a curator at a gallery or museum A curator is a professional who has obtained a degree in fine arts and art history from a university or art school Using a theoretical framework, the curator organizes exhibitions, proposes works for acquisition and writes books and articles in the area of their expertise
a deacon or other person not fully ordained who receives a fee for working in a small parish; the parish a curate works with is his 'cure'; sometimes a curate is the newest assistant to a senior minister at a large parish Curates generally work under the supervision of a senior minister and do not have full responsibility for their parish Equivalent to a vicar
Curate is an Anglican term for assistant pastor The word cure is related to the word care A curate is a person who takes care of a cure, that is, the congregation, viewed as a spiritual charge Assistant pastors are usually assigned the duty of routinely visiting the members of the congregation who are sick, shut-in, or in distress; hence the term The word curator (as in a museum) is related See also rector and vicar
From Latino curatus, meaning "the person in charge " The term should mean the "head priest" if literally interpreted, but instead has come to refer to a transitional deacon or an assistant to the rector Usually a curate is one who recently graduated from seminary, and is in the process of "learning the ropes," or "curing "