Vicar

Quick meaning: Vicar is a noun meaning In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

Meaning

In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

More Meanings

1. In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
2. A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

Example Sentences

Near-synonyms: priest, rector, curate

Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent

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.

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.

Word Forms

• vicars

Synonyms for vicar

Depending on context, synonyms include priest, rector, curate, proxy, representative, agent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include parson, bishop, clergyman, priest, reverend, preacher.

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