different between chaplain vs vicar

English

Etymology

From Middle English chapeleyn, from Old French chapelain, from Medieval Latin, Late Latin cappell?nus, from cappella. Doublet of capelin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?æp.l?n/

Noun

chaplain (plural chaplains)

1. A member of a religious body (often, but not always, of the clergy) officially assigned to give pastoral care at an institution, group, private chapel, etc.
2. A person without religious affiliation who carries out similar duties in a secular context.

Derived terms

• chaplaincy
• college chaplain
• domestic chaplain
• football chaplain
• hospital chaplain
• lay chaplain
• military chaplain
• naval chaplain
• prison chaplain
• school chaplain
• sports chaplain
• street chaplain

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• vic. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vic?rius (“vicarious, substitute”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?k?/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Noun

vicar (plural vicars)

1. In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
2. In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
3. A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vicarate
• vicarian
• vicariate

Descendants

• ? Welsh: ficer

Translations

Further reading

• vicar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -cavir, Virac, vraic

Ido

Etymology

Derived from vice +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?t?sar/

Verb

vicar (present vicas, past vicis, future vicos, conditional vicus, imperative vicez)

1. (transitive, archaic) to replace

   Synonym: remplasar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 102
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 130

Romanian

Etymology

From French vicaire, from Latin vicarius.

Noun

vicar m (plural vicari)

1. vicar

Declension