vicar en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From 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”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia.
Meanings
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In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
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 present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC: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 their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:For this [annual choir outing] the vicar traditionally hired a brake, an ancient, Edwardian, horse-drawn, bus-like vehicle which had plodded along for many years between Ramsgate and Pegwell Bay, carrying passengers who were in no hurry, until it became so unroadworthy that no horse could be persuaded to pull it on a regular basis.
1997, Frank Muir, chapter 1, in A Kentish Lad, →ISBN:
- In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
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A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vic. | Abbr=Yes | alternative | lexicographic |
| vicars | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
canon · rector · curate · pastor · priest · deacon · abbot · parson · abbé
Deriveds
vicar-general · vicar choral · vicar of Bray · vicar general · vicar apostolic · vicar forane · vicarage · subvicar · Vicar of Christ · vicarship · vicarless · unvicar · provicar · parochial vicar · undervicar · lay vicar · vicarial · vicarly · vicarish · vicaress
Descendants
Hypernyms
cleric · clergyman · clergymember · clergyman · cleric · clergymember
Relateds
vicarate · vicarian · vicariate
Synonyms
priest · curate · agent · proxy · rector · representative
Translations (53)
ru приходской свяще́нник (lower-ranking priest) · cs vikář (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · fr curé (lower-ranking priest) · hu vikárius (lower-ranking priest) · cmn 代牧 (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ca vicari (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · pl wikariusz (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ru наме́стник (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · cmn 教區牧師 /教区牧师 (lower-ranking priest) · fi apupappi (lower-ranking priest) · sv kyrkoherde (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · fi pastori (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · cy ficar (lower-ranking priest) · hu vikárius (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · hu helytartó (person acting on behalf of another) · da sognepræst (lower-ranking priest) · pl wikariusz (person acting on behalf of another) · fr vicaire (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · hu helynök (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ka ვიკარი (lower-ranking priest) · cs vikář (lower-ranking priest) · mk све́штеник (lower-ranking priest) · nl pastoor (lower-ranking priest) · uk віка́рій (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · fi sijainen (person acting on behalf of another) · uk віка́рій (lower-ranking priest) · mk за́меник (person acting on behalf of another) · bg наме́стник (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ru вика́рий (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · br person (lower-ranking priest) · tl bikaryo (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ka ნაცვალი (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · hu plébános (lower-ranking priest) · bg вика́рий (lower-ranking priest) · cy ficar (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ga biocáire (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · id vikaris (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · cy ficer (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · gl vigairo (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · hu lelkész (lower-ranking priest) · fi kappalainen (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · mk на́месник (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · gl crego (lower-ranking priest) · es vicaria (lower-ranking priest) · es vicario (lower-ranking priest) · mk ви́кар (lower-ranking priest) · sv vikarie (person acting on behalf of another) · cy ficer (lower-ranking priest) · pt vigário (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · ru вика́рий (lower-ranking priest) · es vicario (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy) · de Vikar (lower-ranking priest) · hu helyettes (person acting on behalf of another)