CURACY, CURATESHIP noun [See Cure and Curate.] 1. The office or employment of a curate; the employment of a clergyman who represents the incumbent or beneficiary of a church, parson or vicar, and officiates in his stead. 2. A benefice held by license from the bishop.
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