vicar

Noun

Meaning

One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

minister pope lieutenant archbishop shepherd dean rabbi Lama reverend bishop abbot deacon imam lieutenant general padre
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Antonyms

laity layman secular atheist figurehead layperson
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Hypernyms

reverend priest clergyman man of the cloth

Related terms

vicariate vicarian vicarate

Phrases with the word

vicar-generalship officiating vicar

Anagrams

Virac vraic

Examples

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Nature, the vicar of the Almighty Lord. Geoffrey Chaucer

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ. Charles Hodge

But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our opposition to Popery is opposition to a man claiming to be God. Charles Hodge

If it rains on the pastor it drops on the vicar. French Proverb

The vicar of Bray will be vicar of Bray. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

vic vic. vicambulist vicar apostolic vicar choral vicar forane