vicar
/ˈvɪkɚ/
vicar noun: in the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
Noun
vicar (plural vicars)
- In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- Near-synonyms: priest, rector, curate
- 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.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
- A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.
- Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent
- Synonyms:
- proxy, representative, agent
vicar meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
vicar in Tamil
- ஆட்பேர்
vicar in Urdu
- نائب, نمائندہ
vicar in Bengali
- ভিকার
vicar in Telugu
- వికార్, వికారుడు
More languagesFewer languages
- vicar in Malayalam
- ഇടവകയുടെ ചുമതലയുള്ള പുരോഹിതൻ, ശമ്പളം തീരെ കുറഞ്ഞ ധർമ്മോപദേശകൻ, പകരക്കാരൻ
- vicar in Kannada
- ವಿಕಾರ್
- vicar in Odia
- ଭିକାର, ଭିକର୍
- vicar in Tagalog
- bikaryo
- vicar in Indonesian
- vikaris
Examples of vicar in a sentence
- Having a costumed superhero abduct the vicar was an utter non sequitur in the novel.
- That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.
- I assisted the ailing vicar in the exercise of his parish duties.
Synonyms of vicar
Forms of vicar
| plural | vicars |
|---|---|
| alternative abbreviation | vic. |
Origin of vicar
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”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia.
Words formed from vicar
Phrases with vicar
Words that rhyme with vicar
Questions about vicar
- What does vicar mean?
- Vicar means in the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
- What is vicar in Tamil?
- Vicar in Tamil is ஆட்பேர். See Vicar meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is vicar?
- Vicar is a noun.
- How do you pronounce vicar?
- Vicar is pronounced /ˈvɪkɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of vicar?
- The plural of vicar is vicars.
Words near vicar in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vicar (page history and authors); vicar (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vicar (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vicar (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vicar (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vicar (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vicar (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); vicar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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