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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

curacy

/kyoor-uh-see/US // ˈkyʊər ə si //UK // (ˈkjʊərəsɪ) //

教士身份,教士资格,教士,教士学位

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cu·ra·cies.

    • : the office or position of a curate.

Examples

  • He held a curacy at Rome in 1661, but devoted himself principally to scientific pursuits.

  • A settlement of 39 Indian families annexed to, and distant one league and a half N. of the curacy of Tlacobula.

  • Acuiapan, a settlement of 58 Indian families, in the alcaldia mayor of Zultepec, annexed to the curacy of Temascaltepec.

  • "You'll be glad to get a curacy yourself in six months," they shouted in chorus.

  • Unlike most of his fellows in the college classrooms, he refused to regard an English curacy as the goal of his ambition.

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