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curacy Definition

cu·racy (kyo̵orə sē)

noun pl. curacies -·cies

the position, office, or work of a curate
curacy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • serve: Gwyn and Kay moved to St David's Diocese early in 1970 where he served a second curacy at Pembroke Dock.
  • hold: He and three of his descendants held the Curacy of Bolton Abbey continuously for 117 years.
  • take: He then took the curacy of the Parish Church at Cheltenham under the Reverend Francis Close, afterward Dean of Carlisle.
  • live: It is a parish in the deanry of Furness and Cartmel; the living a perpetual curacy; patron, the King.
  • follow: There followed a Curacy in Llanelli, a period of teaching in Nassau, the Bahamas, and then hospital Chaplaincies in London.
  • accept: Newton accepted the curacy of Olney, where he lived until 1780 when he became Rector of St Mary Woolnoth in London.

Adjective modifier

  • perpetual: The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £ 62.
  • p.: The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Chester.
  • first: He served his first curacy at St Nicholas, Kingston upon Hull in the Diocese of York.
  • second: Gwyn and Kay moved to St David's Diocese early in 1970 where he served a second curacy at Pembroke Dock.
  • donative: The living is a donative curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £ 93, in the patronage of Sir M. W. Ridley.

Preposition: in

  • diocese: The living is a curacy in the diocese of Durham, value £ 60.
  • gift: The living is a perpetual curacy in the gift of trustees.
  • patronage: The living is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the Earl of Thanet, and incumbency of the Rev. John Wharton.

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