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Recent Examples of vicar
On Tuesday night, the faithful from Francis’ homeland gathered in the Argentine church of Rome for a special Mass presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre Reina, the pope’s vicar for Rome.
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Trisha Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
What to Know On Tuesday evening, members of the Argentine community in Rome gathered at the Argentine church for a special mass led by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the pope's vicar for Rome.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by his charming, confident next-door neighbor Tommy (Ewen Bremner), a devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca (Eve Myles).
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, Francis' vicar for Rome urged his followers to silently pray for an hour for the pope before evening vespers services.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Trisha Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
What to Know On Tuesday evening, members of the Argentine community in Rome gathered at the Argentine church for a special mass led by Cardinal Baldassare Reina, the pope's vicar for Rome.
—Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Upon arrival, John is quickly befriended by his charming, confident next-door neighbor Tommy (Ewen Bremner), a devoted husband to the local vicar Rebecca (Eve Myles).
—Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
On Wednesday, Francis' vicar for Rome urged his followers to silently pray for an hour for the pope before evening vespers services.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicar
Noun
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The church’s rector, also a slaveholder, was very concerned with converting Black and Indigenous Bostonians.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
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Mayall was also a rector for Holy Name Cathedral beginning in January 2002.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Feb. 2025
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Patriarch and pastor, Solomon Jasper (Harry Lennix) and matriarch/sharp-minded lawyer Claudine (LaTanya Richardson Jackson) worked hard to instill a sense of purpose, faith, and legacy in their two sons, Junior (Glenn Davis) and Naz (Jon Michael Hill).—
Jeryl Brunner,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Rooted in a rich history dating back to 1808, the church carries an iconic legacy, having welcomed patrons including André Leon Talley, freedom riders such as Samuel DeWitt Proctor, and pastors like Adam Clayton Powell Sr.—
Tiana Randall,
Vogue,
21 Apr. 2025
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If clergymen are defrocked and lawyers are disbarred, then alcoholics are delivered, hairdressers are distressed, and pornographers are deluded.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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Kirchner had, a year earlier, backed sanctions for clergymen who publicly opposed the government’s human rights policies, including his decision to annul laws pardoning dictatorship-era atrocities.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Writing in the eighteenth century, Smith compared energetic and often sensationalist Methodist preachers with the more reserved and cerebral parsons of the Church of England.—
Shadi Hamid,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2024
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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,
23 Apr. 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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This interest followed him throughout his life, expanding during his education at King’s College London and Cambridge and into his work as a curate in Hampshire.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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Kingsley was born in 1819, the son of a curate who subjected him to a rigorous and frequently brutal education.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Jan. 2025
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By 2024, lay and religious women participated and voted in key synodal sessions previously exclusively reserved for bishops and cardinals.—
Gemma Allen,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Prior to his papacy, bishops and cardinals typically submitted their resignations at 75.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
23 Apr. 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 1 May. 2025.
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