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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vic•ar /ˈvɪkɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Religiona priest or minister in the Anglican or Episcopal churches, or a Roman Catholic churchman representing a bishop.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vic•ar (vik′ər),USA pronunciation n. - [Ch. of Eng.]
- a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
- the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
- [Prot. Episc. Ch.]
- a member of the clergy whose sole or chief charge is a chapel dependent on the church of a parish.
- a bishop's assistant in charge of a church or mission.
- [Rom. Cath. Ch.]an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop.
- a person who acts in place of another;
substitute. - a person who is authorized to perform the functions of another;
deputy:God's vicar on earth.
- Latin vicārius a substitute, noun, nominal use of adjective, adjectival; see vicarious
- Anglo-French vicare; Old French vicaire
- Middle English 1250–1300
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: vicar /ˈvɪkə/ n - (in Britain) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish from which, formerly, he did not receive tithes but a stipend
- a clergyman who acts as assistant to or substitute for the rector of a parish at Communion
- a bishop or priest representing the pope or the ordinary of a diocese and exercising a limited jurisdiction
- Also called: lay vicar, vicar choral a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicārius (n) a deputy, from vicārius (adj) vicariousˈvicarly adj |