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vicarship

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vic⋅ar

  [vik-er]
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–noun
1. Church of England.
a. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
b. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
2. Protestant Episcopal Church.
a. a member of the clergy whose sole or chief charge is a chapel dependent on the church of a parish.
b. 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.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < AF vicare; OF vicaire < L vicārius a substitute, n. use of adj.; see vicarious

Related forms:
vic⋅ar⋅ship, noun
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vic·ar   (vĭk'ər)   
n.   Abbr. Vic.

    1. The priest of a parish in the Church of England who receives a stipend or salary but does not receive the tithes of a parish.

    2. A cleric in charge of a chapel in the Episcopal Church of the United States.

    3. A cleric acting in the place of a rector or bishop in the Anglican Communion generally.

  2. Roman Catholic Church A priest who acts for or represents another, often higher-ranking member of the clergy.


[Middle English, from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicārius, vicarious, a substitute, from vicis, genitive of *vix, change; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots.]
vic'ar·ship' n.
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