vicar

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He reminded Josiah Graves that parson meant person, that is, the vicar was the person of the parish.

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  1. noun The priest of a parish in the Church of England who receives a stipend or salary but does not receive the tithes of a parish.
  2. noun A cleric in charge of a chapel in the Episcopal Church of the United States.
  3. noun A cleric acting in the place of a rector or bishop in the Anglican Communion generally.

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  • In effect, as soon as the vicar was laid to sleep, for they were lodged in the same chamber, Xavier rose as softly as he could, and went to the church, through a church-yard which parted it from the house. —  The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVI.
  • You remember that the vicar was attacked by two men with blackened faces whom he supposed were poachers. —  The Saltmarsh Murders - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 04 - 1945
  • Most of the villagers were tenants or pensioners of Lazen, the vicar was appointed by the Castle, it was as much a part of Lazen as the larger, closer, richer town on the Castle's doorstep. —  Title here
  • When our vicar was here, Dr. L. the master of the great school and canon of Windsor, there was a great dinner party at maister s; and one of the farmers, that was there, told us that he and the Doctor talked real Hebrew Greek at each other for an hour together after dinner. —  Biographia Literaria
  • A lanky, fresh-faced, auburn-haired young man, the vicar was always awkward and blushing with Eve—as he was with all his other young female parishioners, with many of whom he was a great favorite. —  mb_body.htm
 

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  1. Middle English, from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicārius, vicarious, a substitute, from vicis, genitive of *vix, change; see weik-2 in Indo-European roots.
 

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