2 January 2013

curate

[kyoo r-it; kyoo-reyt, kyoo r-eyt]

noun
1. Chiefly British . a member of the clergy employed to assist a rector or vicar.
2. any ecclesiastic entrusted with the cure of souls, as a parish priest.
verb (used with object), cu·rat·ed, cu·rat·ing.
3. to take charge of (a museum) or organize (an art exhibit): to curate a photography show.
4. to pull together, sift through, and select for presentation, as music or Web site content: “We curate our merchandise with a sharp eye for trending fashion,” the store manager explained.

Example Sentence:

The online news site is updated automatically with a curated selection of articles, blog posts, videos and photos.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English curat (< Anglo-French ) < Medieval Latin cūrātus, equivalent to Latin cūr ( a ) care + -ātus -ate1

Related forms
cu·rat·ic [kyoo-rat-ik]
cu·rat·i·cal, adjective.
cu·rate·ship, noun.
sub·cu·rate, noun.

Today’s aphorism

‘Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again’.

– Og Mandino

On this day

2 January 1952 – birth of Graeme ‘Shirley’ Strachan, in a helicopter crash near Maroochydore, Queensland. Lead singer of Australian band, Skyhooks.