vicar: Meaning and Definition of

vic•ar

1. a person acting as priest of a parish in place of the rector, or as representative of a religious community to which tithes belong.
2. the priest of a parish the tithes of which are impropriated and who receives only the smaller tithes or a salary.
1. a member of the clergy whose sole or chief charge is a chapel dependent on the church of a parish.
2. a bishop's assistant in charge of a church or mission.
3. an ecclesiastic representing the pope or a bishop.
4. a person who acts in place of another; substitute.
5. a person who is authorized to perform the functions of another; deputy: God's vicar on earth.