In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

The territory for which a vicar is responsible.

plural of vicarate

The production of different species due to isolation.

plural of vicar

A parish priest who assists the parish administrator. This is a priest who is assigned by the competent authority to assist the pastor in the pastoral ministry of a parish. Together as co-workers, the pastor and parochial vicar(s) carry out the functions of teaching, sanctifying and leading the people entrusted to their care. The parochial vicar is subject to the authority of the pastor.

(Christianity) A Roman Catholic prelate who is ordained (titular) bishop and administers a missionary jurisdiction that is not (yet) a diocese, but ranks higher then an apostolic prefecture.

(Christianity) Any bishop. / Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.

(Roman Catholicism) The Pope. / (Christianity, theology, very rare) The Holy Ghost.

(UK) Synonym of lay clerk in certain choirs. / (UK, historical) An assistant to a canon or prebendary of a collegiate church having special responsibility for the choir as opposed to the altar.