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a holy substitute clergyman, eternally standing in for someone more important than himself.
means A member of the clergy, especially in the Church of England, who serves as the priest of a parish.
from From Latin 'vicarius,' meaning a substitute or deputy — one who acts in another's place. The same root gives us 'vicarious' (experiencing something secondhand) and the prefix 'vice-' (as in vice-president). The theological logic runs deep: a vicar originally stood in for the rector or, more grandly, acted as Christ's earthly stand-in. The Pope's old title 'Vicar of Christ' carries the same sense. It reached English through Old French 'vicaire' in the medieval period.
- name origin
- From Latin vicarius, meaning substitute or deputy.
- pope's title
- Pope is officially called the Vicar of Christ.
- tithe history
- Vicars once got lesser tithes than rectors.
- vicarious link
- Same root gives us the word vicarious.
- comic staple
- British sitcoms cast vicars as bumbling tea-fueled fixtures.
vicar of dibley — british sitcom (1994-2007) about geraldine granger, a female vicar in a cotswolds village