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VICAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("vicar" is a kind of...):
priest (a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders)
Derivation:
vicarial (of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar)
vicarship (the religious institution under the authority of a vicar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("vicar" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Domain category:
Anglican Church; Anglican Communion; Church of England (the national church of England (and all other churches in other countries that share its beliefs); has its see in Canterbury and the sovereign as its temporal head)
Derivation:
vicarial (of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar)
vicarship (the religious institution under the authority of a vicar)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("vicar" is a kind of...):
clergyman; man of the cloth; reverend (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)
Domain category:
Episcopal Church; Protestant Episcopal Church (United States church that is in communication with the see of Canterbury)
Derivation:
vicarial (of or relating to or characteristic of a vicar)
vicarship (the religious institution under the authority of a vicar)
Context examples:
It pulled up at our door, and our friend, the vicar, sprang from it and rushed up our garden path.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
There was our good vicar, Mr. Jefferson, who loved the whole world save only Mr. Slack, the Baptist minister of Clayton; and there was kindly Mr. Slack, who was all men’s brother save only of Mr. Jefferson, the vicar of Friar’s Oak.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then with an effort he mastered himself and spoke on: The vicar knew. He was in our confidence.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Finally, just as the doctor and the official police put in an appearance, he beckoned to the vicar and we all three went out upon the lawn.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Shall I speak or you?” he asked of the vicar.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The vicar of the parish, Mr. Roundhay, was something of an archæologist, and as such Holmes had made his acquaintance.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I thought no more of the matter until the vicar’s telegram reached me at Plymouth.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I learned the name of it from the vicar, and I wired to make certain that Dr. Leon Sterndale’s account was true.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Mr. Holmes, said the vicar in an agitated voice, the most extraordinary and tragic affair has occurred during the night.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, Mr. Holmes, I supped there, as the vicar has said, and my elder brother George proposed a game of whist afterwards.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
