Vicar (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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 in which tithes were formerly transferred to a religious house, chapter, or layperson, the priest receiving 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. 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: God's vicar on earth.
noun
  1. Church of England
    • (in Britain) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish from which, formerly, he did not receive tithes but a stipend
    • a clergyman who acts as assistant to or substitute for the rector of a parish at Communion
    • (in the US) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
  2. a bishop or priest representing the pope or the ordinary of a diocese and exercising a limited jurisdiction
  3. a member of a cathedral choir appointed to sing certain parts of the services
  4. a person appointed to do the work of another
Vicar (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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