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curacy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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cu·ra·cy /ˈkjʊərəsi $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun (plural curacies) [countable]  RRCBOthe job or position of a curate, or the period of time that someone has this position 助理牧师的工作[职位,任期]
Examples from the Corpus
curacyI would save myself and those around a lot of heartache by forgetting the Sahara and looking for another curacy.There was some sort of a row in Gray's first curacy at Narborough.For the last weeks of his curacy he left the lodgings and hired a room in a small hotel up Mount Pleasant.He and his wife had offered us accommodation with them from the time my curacy finished until after the expedition.He then served a second curacy in Drumglass Parish, Dungannon.He served curacies around Chipping Norton.
cu·ra·cy nounChineseSyllable
position of job a curate, the or Corpus


curacy
curacy /ˈkjʊərəsi $ ˈkjʊr-/ noun (plural curacies) [countable]
the job or position of a curate, or the period of time that someone has this position


cur·acyBrE /ˈkjʊərəsi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkjʊrəsi/ 🔊 noun (
plural
cur·acies
)
the position of a curate1; the time that sb is a curate1 助理牧师的职位;助理牧师的任期