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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
Note: 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}, or {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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
vicar
n 1: a Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking
clergyman
2: (US Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
3: (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest
of a parish
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