Obs.–1 [a. OF. curature, or ad. L. cūrātūra (f. cūrāre: see CURE v.).] = CURATORSHIP.
1605. Raleigh, Introd. Hist. Eng. (1693), 30. Philip the first, then King of France, was a Child;… and besides, was under the Curature of Baudovin Earl of Flanders.
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Curature, care in ordering or managing any thing.
Curature, obs. form of CURATOR.
