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How to use vicar in a sentence

13 example sentences · noun

Vicar means in the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. Example: “Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.”

Examples of vicar by meaning

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

  • Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

More sentences with vicar

  • Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.From the entry non sequitur
  • That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.From the entry candle
  • I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.From the entry exercise
  • The vicar delivered a fulminous sermon.From the entry fulminous
  • Vicars seated himself and began wolfing a sandwich.2013, Neil Martin, Collected Stories of the Sea. From the entry wolf
  • The convinceable young man stands in the same relationship to the vicar as the convinceable reader of the Emile to Rousseau.1969, Robert J. Ellrich, Rousseau and his reader: the rhetorical situation of the major works. From the entry convinceable
  • The king was God’s thegn, His vicar upon earth.1963, Henry Gerald Richardson, George Osborne Sayles, The Governance of Mediaeval England, page 142. From the entry basileiolatry
  • Outside it resembled a brick barn, inside a marble palace, and its ministration overworked a vicar and two enthusiastic curates.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry ministration
  • Indeed, the government’s stultifying response betrays an attitude reminiscent of the old mission vicar: only we know what’s really good for them (see Scullion above).2017 October 27, Paul Daley, “The whole recognition process has a deep colonial resonance”, in The Guardian. From the entry stultifying
  • “More tea, vicar?” says Richard, deadpan.2010, Grace Maxwell, Falling & Laughing: The Restoration of Edwyn Collins, page 99. From the entry more tea, vicar
  • The stopping, restarting, swearing and routine self-deprecation ("I'm in trouble with the vicar – eternal trouble," quips Martin) is the kind of carry-on that has fans purring with pleasure.2011 November 27, Kitty Empire, The Observer. From the entry carry-on
  • Yes, the vicar came home early and we ate artichoke and asparagus and guzzled champagne, but that was just saying Whoopee doo!' and throwing hats in the air.2009, John Brown Contract Publishing, Waitrose Food Illustrated, page 60. From the entry whoopee doo

Meaning of vicar

  1. noun In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
  2. noun In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
  3. noun A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

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Questions about vicar in a sentence

How do you use vicar in a sentence?
Vicar is used as a noun. For example: “Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.”
What is a short sentence with vicar?
“The vicar delivered a fulminous sermon.”
What does vicar mean?
Vicar means in the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

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