Definitions for vicar

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vicar vic·ar

Spelling: [vik-er]

IPA: /ˈvɪk ər/

Vicar is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in vicar (acirv).

Definitions for vicar

noun

1. Church of England. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
2. Protestant Episcopal Church. a member of the clergy whose sole or chief charge is a chapel dependent on the church of a parish. a bishop's assistant in charge of a church or mission.
3. Roman Catholic Church. an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop.
4. a person who acts in place of another; substitute.
5. a person who is authorized to perform the functions of another; deputy:

Origin of vicar

1250-1300; Middle English Anglo-French vicare; Old French vicaire Latin vicārius a substitute, noun use of adj.; see vicarious

Examples for vicar

When Barack Obama tried to shush "loose talk of war," he got as much traction as a vicar giving a sermon during a soccer riot.

Get me the rector of the parish—a vicar, a curate, something of that sort.

We were just going to offer our vicar, but he has no inscription on him.

I succeeded him as vicar, remaining there from 1870 to 1880.

After all of the adventures at Hogwarts, Rowling may be saying, all you want to do is snuggle up with a cup of tea and a vicar.

This woman attacked the vicar throughout the dinner party, for not being Christian enough.

Mrs. Cambray put in a word of hope and fear about vicar's Dale.

His father was vicar of St. Michael's there for twenty-seven years.

Katharine, dear, are you going to the vicar's garden party this afternoon?

The young men had their House of Commons, with their vicar as Speaker.