vicar

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman fro, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire ("deputy, second in command"), from Latin vicārius ("vicarious, substitute").

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