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v. a.

v. a. is the initialism of vicar apostolic.

v. a. is the initialism of vice admiral.

v. a. is the initialism of visual acuity.

Meaning of vicar apostolic

Noun

vicar apostolic (plural vicars apostolic)

  1. A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher than an apostolic prefecture.

Meaning of vice admiral

Noun

vice admiral (plural vice admirals)

  1. A person holding a naval rank between rear admiral and full admiral.
    Synonyms:
    vadm, Vadm., V.Adm.

Preposition

v. a.

  1. (obsolete) Acting in place of; from Latin vices agens.

Questions about v. a.

What does v. a. mean?
V. a. means acting in place of; from Latin vices agens.
What is v. a. the initialism of?
V. a. is the initialism of vicar apostolic.
What part of speech is v. a.?
V. a. is a preposition.

Words near v. a. in the dictionary

  1. V-twin
  2. V-twins
  3. v-word
  4. v-words
  5. v.
  6. v. a.
  7. V. D.
  8. v. g.
  9. v. gr.
  10. V. I.
  11. V. J.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: v. a. (page history and authors); vicar apostolic (page history and authors); vice admiral (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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