VICAR Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

vicar

noun

Definition of vicar

as in rector

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Recent Examples of vicar The chapel vicar Cardinal Baldo Reina has issued a statement on the matter, but has not weighed in on whether the angel’s face is that of the prime minister. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026 Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit. — Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026 Thankfully, the book was saved by being thrown out of a window by a local vicar, Johann Erichsons. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025 Essie, the vicar’s wife in Chloe Marr, cannot believe that the beautiful and glamorous Chloe was ever happy. — Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for vicar

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Noun

Following his passing, those who knew Mateucci have expressed their deep sadness at the accident and spoken highly of the late rector.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 22 Oct. 2026
In 2018, Father Jan Kevin Schmidt, rector of the cathedral, requested that the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments grant the title of minor basilica to the historic church in Cincinnati.

— Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of rector

Noun

The Johnson County pastor and the former rural doctor traded condemnations, repeatedly turning policy questions into opportunities to cast doubt on each other’s character and fitness for office.

— Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Reporter covering religion, spirituality and meaning-making A 79-year-old Colorado pastor who lost 35 pounds and the strength to walk after being placed in immigration detention 13 months ago has been released by order of a federal magistrate judge.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of pastor

Noun

When Yakovlev mentioned the clergyman who attended the death-bed, Adelaide expressed surprise that John had asked to see a pastor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
The seeds are then planted in California, where Eddie Anderson, a clergyman, political organizer and the founder of Freedom Farms Collective, helps oversee their growth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of clergyman

Noun

This one stars Cox himself as a mysterious and formidable old man in an undertaker’s suit and parson’s hat who wanders into an Arizona border town in 1890 to gather the names of dead Mexican laborers.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
And what does the old man who sleeps by the fire know about the dead parson?

— Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 25 Jan. 2026

Definition of parson

Noun

Meanwhile, churchmen claimed the authority to restrain violence, encouraged just wars and threatened violent behaviors with spiritual sanctions.

— Joëlle Rollo-Koster, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of churchman

Noun

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
The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.

— Mathew Miranda, Sacramento Bee, 18 Apr. 2024

Definition of padre

Noun

Shelter records show the German shepherd was transferred to a shelter in Irvine.

— Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Real Simple tested the PrinceDeco Stretch Sofa Slipcover against an active household with two children and a 50-pound German shepherd/Shiba Inu mix, and reported the cover was still performing three months in.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

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