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How to pronounce vicar in English?

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Type Words
Type of priest
Derivation vicarial, vicarship
Type Words
Type of reverend, clergyman, man of the cloth
Derivation vicarial, vicarship
Type Words
Type of clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth
Derivation vicarial, vicarship

Examples of vicar

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The vicar had a maid-servant who was pregnant and she drowned herself in a pond.
From the independent.co.uk
We visit the church fete, where Shenton pelts an unhappy vicar with wet sponges.
From the guardian.co.uk
At their wedding in the spring Mumford's father, a vicar, conducted the service.
From the guardian.co.uk
We couldn't afford one but the vicar let me ride his little pony called Silver.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Churches will be grouped together with a vicar having an oversight of the church.
From the bbc.co.uk
He has taken his wig and dog collar off, so he really wasn't a vicar after all.
From the guardian.co.uk
Its school crest includes the Shirley Poppy, developed by a vicar of that church.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This problem was first reported by Georg Hartmann, a vicar in Nuremberg, in 1544.
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The bishop sends a reply, promising to send his best vicar as soon as possible.
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  • A Roman Catholic priest who acts for another higher-ranking clergyman
  • (Episcopal Church) a clergyman in charge of a chapel
  • (Church of England) a clergyman appointed to act as priest of a parish
  • In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is a representative, anyone acting "in the person of" or for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant, literally the "place-holder". ...
  • In the Church of England, vicar is the ordinary title given to certain parish priests. It has played a significant role in Anglican Church organisation in ways that are different from other Christian denominations.
  • Vicar, a pseudonym for Victor Arriagada Rios (born April 16, 1934 in Santiago, Chile), is a cartoonist and creator of Disney comics.
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  • In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes; In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy
  • To dream of a vicar, foretells that you will do foolish things while furious with jealousy and envy. For a young woman to dream she marries a vicar, foretells that she will fail to awake reciprocal affection in the man she desires, and will live a spinster, or marry to keep from being one.