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Recent Examples of vicar
One vicar in Kenya sent Father Moral Antón photos of a trip he and Leo took to the African country many years ago.
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Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Prevost also served as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher and vicar.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Although, the mummy was long rumored to be the vicar, the identity wasn’t confirmed until the recent analysis.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
And then the announcement: the unknown Robert Francis Prevost had been elected the vicar of Jesus Christ.
—Christopher Hale, Time, 9 May 2025
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Patricia Mazzei, New York Times, 13 May 2025
Prevost also served as a parish pastor, diocesan official, seminary teacher and vicar.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 May 2025
Although, the mummy was long rumored to be the vicar, the identity wasn’t confirmed until the recent analysis.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
And then the announcement: the unknown Robert Francis Prevost had been elected the vicar of Jesus Christ.
—Christopher Hale, Time, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicar
Noun
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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 two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.—
Jenny Block,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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Solomon Kinloch, a progressive pastor, was on track to win the second spot.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Kinloch is a reverend and senior pastor at Triumph Church, while Jenkins is a former Detroit City Council member elected in 2009 who served one four-year term.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Aug. 2025
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The movie featured Tom Hollander as clergyman Mr. Collins, a cousin of Mr. Bennet’s who is set to inherit the family’s rural estate since the Bennets have no sons.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
30 July 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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Instead of offering a content buffet, curate support based on individual needs.—
David James,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Start with strategy, nail the fundamentals and curate telemetry.—
Bill Hineline,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Saint Urban, by the way, was a Franco-German bishop deemed the patron of winemakers.—
John Mariani,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The Episcopal Church elected Gene Robinson in 2003 as the first openly gay bishop, leading to lasting tensions with the broader Anglican Communion.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 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 19 Aug. 2025.
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