"vicar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vicar.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-vicar.wav Forms: vicars [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|vicar}} Middle English vicar, {{der|en|xno|fro|vikare}} Anglo-Norman vikare, {{der|en|fro|vicaire||deputy, second in command}} Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), {{der|en|la|vicārius||vicarious, substitute}} Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} vicar (plural vicars)
  1. In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. Translations (lower-ranking priest): person [masculine] (Breton), вика́рий (vikárij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 教区牧师 (Chinese Mandarin), vikář [masculine] (Czech), sognepræst (Danish), pastoor [masculine] (Dutch), apupappi (Finnish), curé (French), crego [masculine] (Galician), ვიკარი (viḳari) (Georgian), Vikar [masculine] (German), lelkész (Hungarian), plébános (Hungarian), vikárius (Hungarian), ви́кар (víkar) [masculine] (Macedonian), све́штеник (svéštenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), вика́рий (vikárij) [masculine] (Russian), приходской свяще́нник (prixodskoj svjaščénnik) [masculine] (Russian), vicario [masculine] (Spanish), vicaria [feminine] (Spanish), віка́рій (vikárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ficer [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vicar-en-noun-en:parish_priest_in_the_Church_of_England Categories (other): Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 39 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 14 40 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of 'lower-ranking priest': 48 36 16
  2. In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. Categories (topical): Anglicanism Translations (local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy): наме́стник (naméstnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), vicari [masculine] (Catalan), 代牧 (dàimù) (Chinese Mandarin), vikář [masculine] (Czech), pastori (Finnish), kappalainen (Finnish), vicaire [masculine] (French), vigairo [masculine] (Galician), ნაცვალი (nacvali) (Georgian), helynök (Hungarian), vikárius (Hungarian), vikaris (Indonesian), на́месник (námesnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), wikariusz [masculine] (Polish), vigário [masculine] (Portuguese), вика́рий (vikárij) [masculine] (Russian), наме́стник (naméstnik) [masculine] (Russian), vicario [masculine] (Spanish), kyrkoherde (Swedish), bikaryo (Tagalog), віка́рій (vikárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vicar-en-noun-5j3otH4G Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 34 49 17 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 39 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 8 42 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 46 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 43 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 14 40 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 41 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of 'local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy': 7 71 21
  3. A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. Categories (topical): Roman Catholicism Translations (person acting on behalf of another): sijainen (Finnish), helytartó (Hungarian), helyettes (Hungarian), за́меник (zámenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), wikariusz [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-vicar-en-noun--JOEp9Jf Disambiguation of Roman Catholicism: 11 33 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Breton translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maltese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 28 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 17 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 17 19 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 14 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 10 40 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 40 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 39 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 13 43 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 30 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 15 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 15 18 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 39 53 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 14 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 8 38 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 8 42 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 19 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 46 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 7 40 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 12 38 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 8 43 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Maltese translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 26 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 14 40 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 38 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 10 41 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 16 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 39 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 12 38 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 12 40 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 10 13 76 Disambiguation of 'person acting on behalf of another': 4 22 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vic. [abbreviation] Related terms: vicarate, vicarian, vicariate

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.",
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          "text": "All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вика́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prixodskoj svjaščénnik",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "приходской свяще́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicario"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vicaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vikárij",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віка́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ficer"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naméstnik",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наме́стник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicari"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàimù",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "代牧"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vikář"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "pastori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "kappalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigairo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "nacvali",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "ნაცვალი"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "helynök"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "vikárius"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "vikaris"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "námesnik",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "на́месник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wikariusz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vigário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vikárij",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вика́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naméstnik",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "наме́стник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "kyrkoherde"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "word": "bikaryo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vikárij",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "віка́рій"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
      "word": "sijainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
      "word": "helytartó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
      "word": "helyettes"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zámenik",
      "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́меник"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wikariusz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vicar"
}

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