vicar

== English == === Alternative forms === vic. (abbreviation) === Etymology === From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɪkɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) === Noun === vicar (plural vicars) In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes. Hypernyms: cleric, clergymember, clergyman Coordinate term: parson Near-synonyms: priest, rector, curate In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy. Hypernyms: cleric, clergymember, clergyman Coordinate terms: abbé, canon, curate, deacon; abbot, priest, rector, pastor A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person. Near-synonyms: proxy, representative, agent ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== vicarate vicarian vicariate ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: ficer ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === vicar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === -cavir, Virac, vraic == Ido == === Etymology === Derived from vice +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viˈt͡sar/ === Verb === vicar (present vicas, past vicis, future vicos, conditional vicus, imperative vicez) (archaic) (transitive) to replace Synonym: remplasar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 102 Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 130 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French vicaire, from Latin vicarius. === Noun === vicar m (plural vicari) vicar ==== Declension ====