curate

• Matters between them had gone much further than even Cargrim with all his suspicions guessed, for in the skilful hands of Miss Mosk the curate was as clay, and for some time he had been engaged to his charmer. —  The Bishop's Secret
• But you know I have only a small income as a curate, and you would not wish us to begin life on a pittance I should think not. —  The Bishop's Secret
• "Do you suppose I love you like a curate And yet, when all is told, I suppose a curate is a man," says Molly, uncertainly, as one doubtful of the truth of her assertion, "and a well-behaved one, too. —  Molly Bawn
• Divested of his bunny hood, the curate was a weedy young man with painfully good intentions and a receding chin. —  The Brentons
• Harcourt was to dine with the ladies in Montpellier Crescent--it was in Montpellier Crescent that Miss Baker lived--and as some sort of party was necessary for his honour, the curate was again invited, as were also the two Miss Gauntlets You'll go on first, I suppose?" —  The Bertrams

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