curato

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noun

priest

OriginItalian curato →
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Meanings

nouncurato (plural curatos)

plural curatos

  1. priest

    Certainly even the priests respected their seclusion; I had never caught the whisk of the curato's skirt.

    1888, Henry James, The Aspern Papers

Origin

  1. Italiancurato“priest”
  2. Englishcurato

Borrowed from Italian curato (“priest”). Doublet of curate.

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APA

curato. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curato

MLA

“curato.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curato. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “curato,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curato.

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