vicar
21vicar — One who performs the functions of another; a substitute. Also the incumbent of an appropriated or impropriated ecclesiastical benefice, as distinguished from the incumbent of a non appropriated benefice, who is called a rector. @ vicarage In… …
22vicar — [13] A vicar is etymologically a ‘substitute’ for or ‘representative’ of someone else: thus the pope is the vicar of God on Earth, and the vicar of a parish was originally someone who stood in for the parson or rector. The word comes via Old… …
23Vicar — Recorded in several spellings including Vicar, Vicars, Viccars, Vickars, Vickors, this is an English surname. It derives from the 12th century Medieval word vicare , used to denote someone who carried out pastoral duties on behalf of the absentee …
24Vicar — A term introduced from the English Church and applied to one who has charge of a chapel connected with a Parish, as his sole charge. For example, the term has been applied to certain clergy of Trinity Church, New York, who have charge of… …
25vicar — [[t]vɪ̱kə(r)[/t]] vicars 1) N COUNT; N VOC A vicar is an Anglican priest who is in charge of a church and the area it is in, which is called a parish. [mainly BRIT] 2) N COUNT; N VOC A vicar is a priest who is in charge of a chapel that is… …
26vicar */ — UK [ˈvɪkə(r)] / US [ˈvɪkər] noun [countable] Word forms vicar : singular vicar plural vicars 1) a priest in the Church of England 2) a priest in the US episcopal Church …
27vicar — Synonyms and related words: Grand Penitentiary, Holy Father, abuna, advocate, agent, alter ego, alternate, alternative, amicus curiae, analogy, antipope, archbishop, archdeacon, archpriest, attorney, backup, backup man, bishop, bishop coadjutor,… …
28Vicar — A priest employed as a substitute for a parish rector of for a member of a religious house, monastic, cathedral or collegiate, which had appropriated the revenue for the position ♦ In its basic meaning, a person who substitutes for another; in… …
29Vicar-General — • The highest official of a diocese after the ordinary Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vicar General Vicar General † …
30Vicar of Christ — (Latin Vicarius Christi ) has been used since Pope Gelasius I (served 492 496), alongside a few rarer vicarial titles, as one of the titles of the Bishop of Rome the Pope as head of the Universal Church (see Papal primacy). A vicar is, roughly, a …
