curacy

[ kyoo r-uh-see ]

/ ˈkyʊər ə si /

noun, plural cu·ra·cies.

the office or position of a curate.

Nearby words

cur, cur dog, cur., cur. adv. vult, curable, curacy, curagh, curandera, curanderismo, curandero, curare

Origin of curacy

1675–85; cura(te) + -cy, modeled on pairs like primate, primacy

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Examples from the Web for curacy

He was ordained on the 21st of December 1781 to the curacy of his native town.
Crabbe, (George)|Alfred Ainger
A brass in the chapel commemorates the fact that the martyred Bishop Hannington was born and held a curacy here.
Seaward Sussex|Edric Holmes
I shall ask him to try and get me a curacy as soon as possible.'
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham
Unlike most of his fellows in the college classrooms, he refused to regard an English curacy as the goal of his ambition.
Hyacinth|George A. Birmingham

The larger the diocese of the patron, the fatter the curacy for the favorite.
Les Misrables|Victor Hugo

British Dictionary definitions for curacy

curacy

/ (ˈkjʊərəsɪ) /

noun plural -cies

the office or position of curate

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