curatorship

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cu·ra·tor

(kyo͝o-rā′tər, kyo͝or′ə-tər)

1. One who manages or oversees, as the administrative director of a museum collection or a library.

2. One who gathers something, organizes it, and makes it available to the public: a curator of online resources for gardeners.

[Middle English curatour, legal guardian, from Old French curateur, from Latin cūrātor, overseer, from cūrātus, past participle of cūrāre, to take care of; see curative.]

cu′ra·to′ri·al (kyo͝or′ə-tôr′ē-əl) adj.

cu·ra′tor·ship′ n.

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curatorship - the position of curator

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

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Kuratorium

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