Noun
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 dictionaryA 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