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vicar choral

vicar choral noun: synonym of lay clerk in certain choirs.

Noun

vicar choral (plural vicars choral)

  1. (UK) Synonym of lay clerk in certain choirs.
    Synonyms:
    lay clerk in certain choirs
  2. (UK, historical) An assistant to a canon or prebendary of a collegiate church having special responsibility for the choir as opposed to the altar.
    • He managed the property of the dean and chapter, and knew what were the rights, and also what were the wrongs, of prebendaries and minor canons,—of vicars choral, and even of choristers.1863, Anthony Trollope, Rachel Ray

Synonyms of vicar choral

  • lay clerk in certain choirs

Forms of vicar choral

pluralvicars choral
alternative formvicar-choral

Questions about vicar choral

What does vicar choral mean?
Vicar choral means synonym of lay clerk in certain choirs.
What part of speech is vicar choral?
Vicar choral is a noun.
What is the plural of vicar choral?
The plural of vicar choral is vicars choral.

Words near vicar choral in the dictionary

  1. vicambulist
  2. vicambulists
  3. Vican
  4. vicar
  5. vicar apostolic
  6. vicar choral
  7. vicar forane
  8. vicar general
  9. vicar generals
  10. vicar of Bray
  11. Vicar of Christ

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