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Definition of vicar :
1. One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.
2. The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.
Synonyms:
bishopric, archbishopric, the Archbishop of Canterbury
clergy (part of speech: noun)
monk, pastor, abbess, pilgrim, minister, rector, cleric, chaplain, archdeacon, ecclesiastic, novice, curate, father, friar, prior, prelate, evangelist, canon, sister, reverend, clergyman, abbot, prioress, archbishop, bishop, archpriest, priest, missionary, preacher, cardinal, canoness, nun, brother, pope
Usage examples:
- You be sent by the new vicar, beant you, Madam Simpson? - "The Vicar of Wrexhill", Mrs [Frances] Trollope.
- And this is my son, the Vicar. - "The Altar Steps", Compton MacKenzie.
- Came to Canada in 1685 as vicar- general under Laval. - "The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History", Various.
