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A-Z: General definitions: Vicar
Definition
1. A substitute, representative, or proxy. 2. Title given to priest responsible for caring for a parish. In the Middle Ages many rectors (who had the right to the income from a parish church) appointed vicars to care for the parish in their place.
Translation
Latin: vicarius, 'substitute'.Area with its own church, served by a priest who has the spiritual care of all those living within it.
A priest who has charge of a parish. Until the twentieth century rectors had the right to the income from a parish church. In the Middle Ages many rectors appointed vicars (Latin vicarius, substitute) to care for the parish in their place.
Main church within a parish.
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