Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Anglican parish priest in a parish where historically someone other than the priest was entitled to the tithes.
- noun A cleric in charge of a chapel in the Episcopal Church of the United States.
- noun An Anglican or Roman Catholic cleric who acts for or represents another, often higher-ranking member of the clergy.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office: as, the Pope claims to be vicar of Jesus Christ on earth.
- noun In English ecclesiastical law, the priest of a parish the tithes of which belong to a chapter or religious house, or to a layman, and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- noun In the Roman Catholic Church, an ecclesiastic assisting a bishop and exercising jurisdiction in his name.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
- noun (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A titular bishop in a country where there is no episcopal see, or where the succession has been interrupted.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) A dignitary or parish priest appointed by a bishop to exercise a limited jurisdiction in a particular town or district of a diocese.
- noun (Ch. of Eng.), (R. C. Ch.) An assistant to a bishop in the discharge of his official functions.
- noun (R. C. Ch.) the pope as representing Christ on earth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun In the
Church of England , thepriest of aparish , receiving asalary orstipend but nottithes . - noun In the
Roman Catholic and some otherchurches , acleric acting aslocal representative of ahigher ranking member of theclergy . - noun A person acting on behalf of, or is representing another person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
- noun (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
- noun a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He is drawing up plans for neighbouring parishes to pool their resources, forming pastoral areas to be co-ordinated by a priest with the title vicar forane.
Clerical Whispers 2008
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He was what they call a vicar general -- next job to the bishop, you know.
Charred Wood Francis Clement Kelley 1909
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My mom would like my next book to be a cozy about an eccentric vicar from the Midlands who solves crimes with the help of a psychic sheepdog, but it will probably be more razor-toting junkies making catastrophic life choices.
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"Disco vicar" is a similar phrase, and sufficiently widely used I'd be tempted to file it as "jargon" already.
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Rash and impassioned, Arthur later flourishes in his haphazard professional endeavors while George, the dutiful solicitor son of a Parsi vicar, is falsely convicted in the gruesome mutilation of a pony.
New Fiction 2006
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Rash and impassioned, Arthur later flourishes in his haphazard professional endeavors while George, the dutiful solicitor son of a Parsi vicar, is falsely convicted in the gruesome mutilation of a pony.
New Fiction 2006
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Our vicar is now Fr. Stephen Martz, sharing costs with St Nicholas, as Fr. Ted reluctantly had to accept a position with a bit more job security than we could offer.
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A Gloucestershire vicar is lending his support to a nude calendar by displaying the images in his church.
Archive 2005-12-01 JDsg 2005
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A Gloucestershire vicar is lending his support to a nude calendar by displaying the images in his church.
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Two priests were then attached to it, one called the vicar, who was granted
Prolagus commented on the word vicar
Hilary went to the Catholic Church because she wanted information
The vicar, or whatever, took her to one side and gave her confirmation
Saint Theresa's calling her, the church up on the hill is looking lovely
But it doesn't interest, the only things she wants to know is how and why and when and where to go
How and why and when and where to follow.
(If you're feeling sinister, by Belle and Sebastian)
September 10, 2008