Vicar Definition

vĭkər
noun
A person who acts in place of another; deputy.
Webster's New World
A parish priest who is not a rector and receives a stipend instead of the tithes.
Webster's New World
A minister in charge of a chapel.
Webster's New World
An Anglican or Roman Catholic cleric who acts for or represents another, often higher-ranking member of the clergy.
American Heritage
A church officer acting as a deputy of a bishop.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Vicar

Noun

Singular:
vicar
Plural:
vicars

Origin of Vicar

  • Middle English from Old French vicaire from Latin vicārius vicarious, a substitute from vicis genitive of vix change weik-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute").

    From Wiktionary

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