curacy
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- noun
- /ˈkjʊə.rə.si/
- UK
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curaduría
- As far as I'm concerned, once a priest has been assigned to a parish (after his curacy), there are only four reasons why he should be moved: (a) he does something monumentally stupid, e.g., have an affair with a parishioner; (b) is laicized for whatever reason; (c) is kicked upstairs to the Episcopate; or (d) is found dead on Monday morning having
Examples
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Many priests start their career with a curacy, where they gain practical experience in ministry.
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You've had two curacies since Holywell.
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Oh, and he has a new curacy too, at last.
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He had the curacy of Monkford some time back.
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Failed dismally in my first two curacies.
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Following ordination, all candidates served a three or four-year curacy in a parish under the supervision of a training incumbent (like an apprenticeship).
Academic text (2017) -
As well as integration within the life of an individual ordinand, the de Bunsen report recognized the need for greater integration between the theological college and the post-ordination stage of training during the curacy.
Academic text (2017) -
He might have lived in the Midwest for all the interest he took in the things of the sea, except for the several bushels of shrimp and clams he’d surely consumed during his curacy.
Fiction book (1999) -
After completing his theological studies, he accepted a curacy in a small village.
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During her curacy, she learned a great deal about parish life and community service.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word curacy comes from the church job curate, which comes from Latin cura meaning 'care' or 'to take care'. A curacy is the period or position when someone looks after a local church, so the origin explains why the role is about 'care' for people and the church.