"vicar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vicar.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-vicar.wav [US] 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, {{m|enm|viker}} viker, {{m|enm|vikyr}} vikyr, {{m|enm|vicaire}} vicaire, {{m|enm|vicare}} vicare, {{der|en|xno|fro|vikare}} Anglo-Norman vikare, {{m|fro|vicare}} vicare, {{m|fro|vikaire}} vikaire, {{m|fro|vikere}} vikere, {{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. Categories (topical): Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism 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), ficer [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-vicar-en-noun-5WxTTztn Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 50 44 6 Disambiguation of Roman Catholicism: 55 33 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 12 25 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-vicar-en-noun-5j3otH4G Disambiguation of Anglicanism: 50 44 6 Disambiguation of 'local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy': 23 56 20
  3. A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. 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 'person acting on behalf of another': 21 15 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vic. [abbreviation] Related terms: vicarate, vicarian, vicariate

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          "roman": "svéštenik",
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          "word": "све́штеник"
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "вика́рий"
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          "roman": "prixodskoj svjaščénnik",
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "nacvali",
          "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
          "word": "ნაცვალი"
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          "roman": "námesnik",
          "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
          "word": "helytartó"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zámenik",
          "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "за́меник"
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          "_dis1": "21 15 64",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "person acting on behalf of another",
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    "Requests for review of Dutch translations",
    "Requests for review of Esperanto translations",
    "Requests for review of Italian translations",
    "Requests for review of Korean translations",
    "Requests for review of Maltese translations",
    "Requests for review of Norman translations",
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    {
      "word": "vicar of Bray"
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    {
      "word": "Vicar of Christ"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "person"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vikárij",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "вика́рий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "教区牧师"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vikář"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "sognepræst"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pastoor"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "apupappi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "curé"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crego"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "viḳari",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "ვიკარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vikar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "lelkész"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "plébános"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "word": "vikárius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "víkar",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ви́кар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "svéštenik",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "све́штеник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vikárij",
      "sense": "lower-ranking priest",
      "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"
    },
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      "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"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vicari"
    },
    {
      "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": "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"
    }
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