curacy

Junior clergy position

A curacy is the position or office of a curate—a member of the clergy who assists a parish priest or vicar.

The term also refers to the period during which someone serves in this role: He spent his curacy in a small village church.

By extension, curacy can mean the district or area under a curate's care.

ecclesiastical

parish

Local church community

diocese · clergy · ordination · vestry · parsonage · incumbency · bishopric · pastoral · ministry · pulpit

administrative

appointment

Scheduled time for something

responsibilities · stipend · residence · assignment · supervision · junior · assistant · training · probationary · temporary

museum

collection

Gathered set of items

preservation · archive · gallery · artifact · conservation · cataloguing · provenance · display · institutional · guardianship

Opposites
ecclesiastical rank

curacybishopric

Bishop's jurisdictional district

archbishopric · vicarage · rectorship · episcopate · prelacy

religious vs secular vocation

curacylaity

Non-ordained church members

Phrases
Family

curate, curator, curative, curates, curators, curatorial

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