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vicar noun [ ˈvɪkə ]

• (in the Church of England) an incumbent of a parish where tithes formerly passed to a chapter or religious house or layperson.
Origin: Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, from vic- ‘change, turn, place’ (compare with vice2).


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