curacy

[ kyoor-uh-see ]

/ ˈkyʊər ə si /

noun, plural cu·ra·cies.

the office or position of a curate.

Origin of curacy

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

Words nearby curacy

cupulogram, cupulometry, cur, curable, Curaçao, curacy, Cur. adv. vult, curagh, curandera, curanderismo, curandero

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Example sentences 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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单词	curacy
释义	curacy [ kyoor-uh-see ] / ˈkyʊər ə si / noun, plural cu·ra·cies. the office or position of a curate. Origin of curacy 1675–85; cura(te) + -cy, modeled on pairs like primate, primacy Words nearby curacy cupulogram, cupulometry, cur, curable, Curaçao, curacy, Cur. adv. vult, curagh, curandera, curanderismo, curandero Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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