vicar

[VicĀ·ar]

A vicar is a member of the clergy who is not high ranking but is still considered a holy representative of the church.

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One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

Noun
a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman

Noun
(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish

Noun
(Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel


n.
One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

n.
The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.


Vicar

Vic"ar , n. [OE. vicar, viker, vicair, F. vicaire, fr. L. vicarius. See Vicarious.] 1. One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy. [R.] 2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice. &hand; The distinction between a parson [or rector] and vicar is this: The parson has, for the most part, the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; but a vicar has generally an appropriator over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom he is in fact perpetual curate with a standing salary. Burrill. Apostolic vicar, ∨ Vicar apostolic. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A bishop to whom the Roman pontiff delegates a portion of his jurisdiction. (b) Any ecclesiastic acting under a papal brief, commissioned to exercise episcopal authority. (c) A titular bishop in a country where there is no episcopal see, or where the succession has been interrupted. -- Vicar forane. [Cf. LL. foraneus situated outside of the episcopal city, rural. See Vicar, and Foreign.] (R. C. Ch.) A dignitary or parish priest appointed by a bishop to exercise a limited jurisdiction in a particular town or district of a diocese. Addis & Arnold. -- Vicar-general. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) The deputy of the Archbishop of Canterbury or York, in whose court the bishops of the province are confirmed. Encyc. Brit. (b) (R. C. Ch.) An assistant to a bishop in the discharge of his official functions. -- Vicar of Jesus Christ (R. C. Ch.), the pope as representing Christ on earth.

Vicarage

Vic"ar*age (?; 48), n. 1. The benefice of a vicar. 2. The house or residence of a vicar.

One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

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