/ˈvɪkɚ/
OriginFrom Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”).
- In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
“Near-synonyms: priest, rector, curate”
“Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for ”
“All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the”
- In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
- A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
“Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent”
Formsvicars(plural) · vic.(alternative, abbreviation)