| 释义 |
vicar/ˈvikə/n. 1a (in the Church of England) an incumbent of a parish where tithes formerly passed to a chapter or religious house or layman (cf. 参见 RECTOR 1a) (指英国国教的)教区牧师，教区教堂主持(该教区的什一税以前交付牧师会或修道院或一般信徒) b (in other Anglican churches) a member of the clergy deputizing for another (其他英国圣公会)代理牧师 2 RC Ch. a representative or deputy of a bishop 【天主教】代理主教，副主教 3 (in full 全称 lay vicar or vicar choral) a cleric or choir member appointed to sing certain parts of a cathedral service lay vicar (大教堂礼拜时的)唱诗牧师；唱诗人 □ vicariate /-ˈkɛəriət/ n.□ vicarship n.[Middle English via Anglo-French viker(e), Old French vicaire from Latin vicarius ‘substitute’, from vicis: see VICE3] |