vicarship
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vic·ar
(vĭk′ər)n.
1.
a. An Anglican parish priest in a parish where historically someone other than the priest was entitled to the tithes.
b. A cleric in charge of a chapel in the Episcopal Church of the United States.
2. An Anglican or Roman Catholic cleric who acts for or represents another, often higher-ranking member of the clergy.
[Middle English, from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicārius, vicarious, a substitute, from vicis, genitive of *vix, change; see weik- in Indo-European roots.]
vic′ar·ship′ n.
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| Noun | 1. |  vicarship - the religious institution under the authority of a vicarinstitution, establishment - an organization founded and united for a specific purpose |
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