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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A priest who by a bishop's appointment exercises limited jurisdiction over the clergy in a district of a diocese.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[vicar + Late Latin forāneus, living away, foreign; see foreign.]
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