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vicar |
2 definitions found 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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