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US
/ˈvɪkɝ/
]
[ UK /vˈɪkɐ/ ]
[ UK /vˈɪkɐ/ ]
NOUN
- (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
- a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
- (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
How To Use vicar In A Sentence
- Like a lacertine Vicar of Bray, he varies incontinently from buff to blue, and from blue back to orange again, under stress of circumstances. Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science
- My daughter fixed the ceremony with the Vicar some weeks ago and we have arranged a baptismal party. GOODBYE CURATE
- In 1869 he was appointed vicar-forane for the eastern portion of the diocese. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
- The Corbridge pele, built of reused Roman stonework, lies on the edge of the churchyard and was the vicar's house.
- Shiites of this branch believed that the Prophet Muhammad's successors or vicars were his cousin and son-in-law, Ali, and the eleven lineal descendants of Ali and the Prophet's daughter, Fatima.
- The reader of adventure stories wants romance and vicarious excitement.
- Alfo a vicarage in roth Nov. Here were alfo three celebrated dioc. of Lifmore, fit. in bar. Topographia hibernica : or The topography ofIreland, antient and modern. Giving a complete view of the civil and ecclesiastical state of that kingdom; with its antiquities, natural curiosities, trade, manufactures, extent and population
- Young penniless curates must love somebody as well as young beneficed vicars and rectors. The Claverings
- Perhaps the vicarage here too had been crowded, damp, unhealthy. HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
- Rob leads prayers twice a month at Greenfield Baptist and Congregational Church in Urmston, Trafford, because the parish can't afford a vicar of its own.