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Vicars


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    • found: Work cat.: Scott, David. Beyond the drift, 2014:p. 4 of cover (David Scott was vicar of Torpenhow and Allhallows in Cumbria for eleven years, and from 1991 until his recent retirement was Rector of St Lawrence with St Swithun-upon-Kingsgate in Winchester; David Scott won the National Poetry Competition in 1978, and this new retrospective draws on all the books he has published since then)
    • found: Oxford dictionaries website, Nov. 17, 2016(vicar 1 (in the Church of England) an incumbent of a parish where tithes formerly passed to a chapter or religious house or layperson. 1.1 (in other Anglican Churches) a member of the clergy deputizing for another. 1.2 (in the Roman Catholic Church) a representative or deputy of a bishop. 1.3 (in the US Episcopal Church) a member of the clergy in charge of a chapel. 1.4 A cleric or choir member appointed to sing certain parts of a cathedral service. Compare with rector)
    • found: Cambridge dictionary website, Nov. 17, 2016(vicar: a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a church and the religious needs of people in a particular area)
    • found: Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Nov. 17, 2016(vicar simple definitions: a priest in the Church of England who is in charge of a particular church and the area around it; a pastor's assistant in an Episcopalian or Lutheran church; full definitions: 1 : one serving as a substitute or agent; specifically : an administrative deputy. 2 : an ecclesiastical agent: as a) a Church of England incumbent receiving a stipend but not the tithes of a parish b) a member of the Episcopal clergy or laity who has charge of a mission or chapel c) a member of the clergy who exercises a broad pastoral responsibility as the representative of a prelate)
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