vicar
vicar [vicar vicars] BrE [ˈvɪkə(r)] NAmE [ˈvɪkər] noun
1. (especially BrE)an Anglican priest who is in charge of a church and the area around it (called a ↑parish)
2. (NAmE)a priest in the US Episcopal Church
compare ↑curate, ↑minister, ↑priest, ↑rector
Word Origin:
Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French vicaire, from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, from vic- ‘change, turn, place’.
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