† ruraten.
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: rural adj.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of rural adj., with remodelling of the ending after curate n. for the purposes of rhyme, unless simply an error for jurate adj.
Obsolete.
rare.
c1540 sig. A.vv O Poet rare and Recent..Sparyng no Prest or Curate Cyuylyan or Rurate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).