Vice

Vice
Vice Vice, a. [Cf. F. vice-. See {Vice}, prep.] Denoting one who in certain cases may assume the office or duties of a superior; designating an officer or an office that is second in rank or authority; as, vice president; vice agent; vice consul, etc. [1913 Webster]

{Vice admiral}. [Cf. F. vice-amiral.] (a) An officer holding rank next below an admiral. By the existing laws, the rank of admiral and vice admiral in the United States Navy will cease at the death of the present incumbents. (b) A civil officer, in Great Britain, appointed by the lords commissioners of the admiralty for exercising admiralty jurisdiction within their respective districts.

{Vice admiralty}, the office of a vice admiral.

{Vice-admiralty court}, a court with admiralty jurisdiction, established by authority of Parliament in British possessions beyond the seas. --Abbott.

{Vice chamberlain}, an officer in court next in rank to the lord chamberlain. [Eng.]

{Vice chancellor}. (a) (Law) An officer next in rank to a chancellor. (b) An officer in a university, chosen to perform certain duties, as the conferring of degrees, in the absence of the chancellor. (c) (R. C. Ch.) The cardinal at the head of the Roman Chancery.

{Vice consul} [cf. F. vice-consul], a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul.

{Vice king}, one who acts in the place of a king; a viceroy.

{Vice legate} [cf. F. vice-l['e]gat], a legate second in rank to, or acting in place of, another legate.

{Vice presidency}, the office of vice president.

{Vice president} [cf. F. vice-pr['e]sident], an officer next in rank below a president. [1913 Webster]


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  • vice — [ vis ] n. m. • 1138; lat. vitium I ♦ 1 ♦ Vieilli LE VICE : disposition habituelle au mal; conduite qui en résulte. ⇒ immoralité, 3. mal, péché. « L hypocrisie est un hommage que le vice rend à la vertu » (La Rochefoucauld). Le vice et la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vice- — ♦ Particule invariable, du lat. vice « à la place de, pour », qui se joint à quelques noms ou titres de fonctions exercées en second, à la place de qqn. ⇒ adjoint, remplaçant. ● vice Préfixe, du latin vice, à la place de, exprimant une fonction… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • vice — 1. (vi s ) s. m. 1°   Défaut, imperfection grave (ce qui est le premier sens de vitium, en latin). Vice de forme. Il y a un vice considérable dans cet acte. •   Il est étrange que Corneille ait senti le vice de son sujet, et qu il n ait pas senti …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Vice — is a practice or habit that is considered immoral, depraved, and/or degrading in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a defect, an infirmity, or merely a bad habit. Synonyms for vice include fault, depravity,… …   Wikipedia

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  • Vice — Vice, n. [F., from L. vitium.] 1. A defect; a fault; an error; a blemish; an imperfection; as, the vices of a political constitution; the vices of a horse. [1913 Webster] Withouten vice of syllable or letter. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Mark the vice …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • vice — Vice, Vitium. Un vice qui est quand une personne baaille souvent, Oscedo oscediþnis. Quand il s en faut quelque partie, c est un grand vice, Deesse aliquam partem mendosum est. Vices couvers et cachez, Vicia infucata aut tecta. Vices qui s en… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • vice — S3 [vaıs] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin vitium fault, vice ] 1.) [U] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs ▪ the fight against vice on the streets ▪ The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • vice — S3 [vaıs] n [Sense: 1 3; Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin vitium fault, vice ] 1.) [U] criminal activities that involve sex or drugs ▪ the fight against vice on the streets ▪ The police have smashed a vice ring (=a group of criminals… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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