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vicars choral

vicars choral is the plural of vicar choral.

Meaning of vicar choral

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

Questions about vicars choral

What is vicars choral the plural of?
Vicars choral is the plural of vicar choral.

Words near vicars choral in the dictionary

  1. vicarity
  2. vicarless
  3. vicarly
  4. vicars
  5. vicars apostolic
  6. vicars choral
  7. vicars forane
  8. vicars of Bray
  9. Vicars of Christ
  10. vicars-choral
  11. vicars-general

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