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cu·ra·cy

 (kyo͝or′ə-sē)
n. pl. cu·ra·cies
The office, duties, or term of office of a curate.
[cura(te) + -cy.]
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curacy

(ˈkjʊərəsɪ)
n, pl -cies
(Ecclesiastical Terms) the office or position of curate
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cu•ra•cy

(ˈkyʊər ə si)

n., pl. -cies.
the office or position of a curate.
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Noun1.curacy - the position of a curate
berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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curacy

[ˈkjʊərəsɪ] N (as parish priest) → curato m; (as assistant) → coadjutoría f
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curacy

n (Catholic) → Anstellung f → als Kurat; (Protestant) → Anstellung f → als Vikar(in)
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He was a priest, austere, grave, morose; one charged with souls; monsieur the archdeacon of Josas, the bishop's second acolyte, having charge of the two deaneries of Montlhéry, and Châteaufort, and one hundred and seventy-four country curacies. He was an imposing and sombre personage, before whom the choir boys in alb and in jacket trembled, as well as the machicots*, and the brothers of Saint-Augustine and the matutinal clerks of Notre-Dame, when he passed slowly beneath the lofty arches of the choir, majestic, thoughtful, with arms folded and his head so bent upon his breast that all one saw of his face was his large, bald brow.
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