In 6 curee. [F., ad. med.L. cūrātus: see CURATE.] A parish priest in France or a French-speaking land.
1655. Sir E. Nicholas, in N. Papers (Camden), II. 345. The most plausible curees heere in the Towne and great Jansenists.
1662. J. Davies, Voy. Ambass. (1669), 422. The Curé or Parson of the Parish, came one day to my Quarters.
1872. Morley, Voltaire (1886), 341. One must stand well with the curé, be he knave or dunce.
