As nouns the difference between curate and verger
is that
curate is an assistant rector or vicar while
verger is one who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
As a verb curate
is to act as a curator for.
curate English
Etymology 1
From .
Noun
( en noun)
an assistant rector or vicar
a parish priest
Derived terms
* curate's egg
Etymology 2
Verb
( curat)
To act as a curator for.
- She curated the traveling exhibition.
- They carefully curated the recovered artifacts.
To apply selectivity and taste to, as a collection of fashion items or web pages.
*
*
*
*
*
To work or act as a curator.
- Not only does he curate for the museum, he manages the office and fund-raises.
Derived terms
* curated
|
verger Noun
( en noun)
One who carries a verge, or emblem of office.
(chiefly, British) A lay person who takes care of the interior of a church and acts as an attendant during services, where he or she carries the verge (or virge). An usher; in major ecclesiastical landmarks, a tour guide. In the United States, the office is generally combined with that of sexton.
*
- ‘We have often seen each other,’ said Little Dorrit, recognising the sexton, or the beadle, or the verger , or whatever he was, ‘when I have been at church here.’
(UK) An attendant upon a dignitary, such as a bishop or dean, a justice, etc.
- (Strype)
----
|
