| 单词 | curatess |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcuratess ˈcuratess n. now rare a female curate; the wife of a curate.Quot. 1990 refers to quot. 1857. ΚΠ 1723 Seasonable Apol. for Father Dominick 8 Their only Equipage is a Broomstick, and their only Revenue is now and then a cold Treat in the Church-yard. Marvellous Sacriledge, that Satan and his Haggard Curatesses, should prophane a Place dedicated to better Purposes. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers (1858) xxi. 159 A very lowly curate I might, perhaps, essay to rule; but a curatess would be sure to get the better of me. 1889 G. M. Fenn Cure of Souls 48 What a charming little curatess she would make! 1990 W. D. Shaw Victorians & Myst. vii. 126 In making fun of sacerdotal females and curatesses, is Arabin possibly a male chauvinist, using his frolic humors to mock all women? < as lemmas |
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