Priest vs. Curate — What's the Difference?

A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities.

A curate (, sometimes ) is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish. In this sense, "curate" correctly means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest.

An ordained minister of the Catholic, Orthodox, or Anglican Church, authorized to perform certain rites and administer certain sacraments

A member of the clergy engaged as assistant to a vicar, rector, or parish priest.

A mallet used to kill fish caught when angling.

Select, organize, and look after the items in (a collection or exhibition)

Ordain to the priesthood

A cleric, especially one who has charge of a parish.

In many Christian churches, a member of the second grade of clergy ranking below a bishop but above a deacon and having authority to administer the sacraments.

A cleric who assists a rector or vicar.

A person having the authority to perform and administer religious rites.

To organize and oversee (an art exhibit or film festival, for example).

To ordain or admit to the priesthood.

To gather and present to the public

A religious clergyman (clergywoman, clergyperson) who is trained to perform services or sacrifices at a church or temple

An assistant rector or vicar.

A blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish

A parish priest.

(Mormonism) the highest office in the Aaronic priesthood

(Ireland) An assistant barman.

(transitive) To ordain as a priest.

(inorganic chemistry) An oxyanion of curium; any salt containing such an anion. Category:en:Radioactivity

A presbyter elder; a minister

(transitive) To act as a curator for.

One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests.

To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.

To ordain as priest.

(intransitive) To work or act as a curator.

A clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders

One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar.

A spiritual leader in a non-Christian religion

A person authorized to conduct religious worship