different between vicar vs vicarious

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vic?rius (“vicarious, substituted”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v??k???i.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /va??k?(?)?i.?s/, /v??k?(?)?i.?s/
• Rhymes: -??ri?s

Adjective

vicarious (not comparable)

1. Delegated.
2. Experienced or gained by taking in another person’s experience, rather than through first-hand experience, such as through watching or reading.
3. On behalf of others.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vicar
• vicariously

Translations

References

• vicarious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.