"curacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: curacies [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English cur(ium) English -ate English cur(ate) English -acy English curacy From cur(ate) + -acy. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|curate<alt:cur(ate)>|-acy|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English cur(ium) English -ate English cur(ate) English -acy English curacy From cur(ate) + -acy. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} curacy (countable and uncountable, plural curacies)
  1. The office or position of a curate. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: curateship Related terms: curatage, benefice, glebe, glebe-farm, glebe-house, parsonage, rectorate, rectory, vicarage, vicarate Coordinate_terms: parsonship, parsonhood, rectorship, vicarship, priestship, priesthood, abbacy Translations (Translations): kappalaisen virka (Finnish), vicariat [masculine] (French), wikariat [masculine] (Polish), curadoria [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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