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vicar

[ vik-er ]

noun

  1. Church of England.
    1. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
    2. the priest of a parish in which tithes were formerly transferred to a religious house, chapter, or layperson, the priest receiving only the smaller tithes or a salary.
  2. Protestant Episcopal Church.
    1. a member of the clergy whose sole or chief charge is a chapel dependent on the church of a parish.
    2. a bishop's assistant in charge of a church or mission.
  3. Roman Catholic Church. an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop.
  4. a person who acts in place of another; substitute.
  5. a person who is authorized to perform the functions of another; deputy:

    God's vicar on earth.



vicar

/ 藞惫瑟办蓹 /

noun

  1. Church of England
    1. (in Britain) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish from which, formerly, he did not receive tithes but a stipend
    2. a clergyman who acts as assistant to or substitute for the rector of a parish at Communion
    3. (in the US) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
  2. RC Church a bishop or priest representing the pope or the ordinary of a diocese and exercising a limited jurisdiction
  3. Also calledlay vicarvicar choral Church of England a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
  4. a person appointed to do the work of another
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞惫颈肠补谤濒测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 惫颈肠路补谤路蝉丑颈辫 noun
  • 蝉耻产路惫颈肠路补谤 noun
  • sub路惫颈肠路补谤路蝉丑颈辫 noun
  • 耻苍路诲别谤路惫颈肠路补谤 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vicar1

First recorded in 1300鈥50; Middle English, from Anglo-French vicare, vicaire, vikere, from Old French vicaire, from Latin 惫颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 鈥渁 substitute, deputy,鈥 noun use of adjective; vicarious
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of vicar1

C13: from Old French vicaire, from Latin 惫颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 (n) a deputy, from 惫颈肠腻谤颈耻蝉 (adj) vicarious
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McElroy steadily moved his way up to becoming the archdiocesan vicar for parish life and development and served in that role until his appointment to be the sixth bishop of San Diego in March 2015.

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Its inhabitants are those of 鈥渢here will always be an England鈥 England: stern vicars, timid curates, lords and earls, penniless titled wastrels living on allowances from their uncles, imperious aunts, upper-crust twits.

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She recalled that while discussing careers with a friend at university she had joked about becoming a vicar.

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"As a parish, as the vicar of the parish and as parishioners, we're custodians of the whole church," said Archdeacon David Pierpoint.

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Following the sentencing, Monique McKevitt from the Crown Prosecution Service, described the attacks as "gross abuse of trust by a vicar" that traumatised the victim "for many years".

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