a member of the clergy of the Church of England in charge of a parish in which the incumbent was formerly paid a stipend, as opposed to receiving tithes: compare rector
in the USA, a member of the clergy or a lay person in charge of a mission or chapel of the Episcopal Church
a member of the clergy of the Anglican or Roman Catholic Churches exercising a broad pastoral responsibility as the representative of a bishop or other high-ranking churchman
in the Church of England, a member of a choir who sings particular parts of a cathedral service
vicarship noun
[Middle English, orig denoting a person regarded as Christ's representative, or a clergyman deputizing for the rectors of a parish, from Latin vicarius substitute, from vic-, vicis change, alternation, stead]