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Answer for the clue "The position of a curate ", 6 letters:
curacy

Word definitions for curacy in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ For the last weeks of his curacy he left the lodgings and hired a room in a small hotel up Mount Pleasant. ▪ He and his wife had offered us accommodation with them from the time my curacy finished until after the expedition. ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Curacy \Cu"ra*cy\ (k?"r?-s?), n.; pl. Curacies (-s?z). [See Cure , Curate .] The office or employment of a curate.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The office or position of a curate

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the position of a curate

Usage examples of curacy.

He had obtained a living at an age when other young clergymen are beginning to think of a curacy, and he had obtained such a living as middle-aged parsons in their dreams regard as a possible Paradise for their old years.