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Recent Examples of vicar
Seasons one to four of Grantchester featured James Norton (Happy Valley) as vicar Sidney Chambers.
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Norton’s successor as the local vicar of a Cambridgeshire village in the 1950s was Tom Brittney, who was then succeeded by Rishi Nair as Alphy in 2024.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
One vicar in Kenya sent Father Moral Antón photos of a trip he and Leo took to the African country many years ago.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Max Goldbart, Deadline, 8 July 2025
Norton’s successor as the local vicar of a Cambridgeshire village in the 1950s was Tom Brittney, who was then succeeded by Rishi Nair as Alphy in 2024.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
For instance, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, vicar for clergy Fr.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 21 May 2025
One vicar in Kenya sent Father Moral Antón photos of a trip he and Leo took to the African country many years ago.
—Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicar
Noun
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Believers from across the Chicago area came to visit the Pilgrim Mother, which was blessed by Monsignor Efraín Hernández Díaz, rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.—
Paulina Czupryna,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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Messages left with Sacred Heart Major Seminary and its current rector/president, Very Rev. Stephen Burr, were not returned.—
Niraj Warikoo,
Freep.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The hour-long event will be an opportunity to ask questions and meet a pastor and connect with other new families.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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According to both a warrant and media reports, the man is a married youth pastor.—
Thomas Brewster,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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The three killers might have gotten away with their crime if not for Casey, who eight months after the murder confessed to a clergyman and then led police to Pahler's mummified body.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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The clergyman was from the Maryknoll mission, a Roman Catholic order that had long worked with the Japanese American community and was now assisting with their removal from the West Coast.—
Tracy Slater
July 10,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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In an area that used to produce influential Catholic churchmen the way the Dodgers churned out Rookies of the Year, Gomez has amounted to the living equivalent of a hair shirt: a mode of piety that serves no one but the wearer.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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Martini was a key figure in a group of churchmen who met annually in St. Gallen, Switzerland, to ponder how best to blunt John Paul and Ratzinger’s reactionary thrust.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Vesta curates vetted deals, structures co-investments, and builds brand and growth infrastructure to protect downside and boost upside.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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The app aggregates and curates options for watching live sports and is free to consumers.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The bishop stated that endorsing candidates is unwise and unbiblical, while Barker argued for supporting candidates aligned with Christian values.—
Sophie Carson,
jsonline.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Leo, the former Robert Prevost, spent most of his adult life working with the poor people of Peru, first as an Augustinian missionary and then as bishop.—
Andrea Rosa,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Apr. 2024
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“Vicar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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