Perpetual Curate - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition perpetual-curate

Definition :

Perpetual curate, a minister in holy orders, who is charged with the permanent care of a parochial church, which, although an appropriation, has no endowed vicar. He is entitled to emolument for his services.

By the Church Building Act, 1831, churches or chapels built and endowed by particular individuals shall have districts assigned to them, and be deemed perpetual curacies, and the right of nomination thereto shall be vested in the person so building and endowing.