different between churchman vs vicar

English

Etymology

From church +? man. Compare kirkman and German Kirchmann.

Noun

churchman (plural churchmen)

1. (obsolete) A churchwarden. [15th–16th c.]
2. A person (originally a man) of authority in a religious organization; a cleric. [from 16th c.]

   The bishop, a highly placed churchman, stated the religion's opinion.

3. A member or adherent of an established church, especially the Church of England. [from 17th c.]
   • 1789, Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative, vol. I, ch. 10:

     I replied, ‘I attended St. James's, St. Martin's, and St. Ann's, Soho;’—‘So,’ said he, ‘you are a churchman.’

   • 1791, Joseph Priestley, Letters to Burke, V:

     Thus they say the king of Great Britain, must maintain episcopacy in England, and presbyterianism in Scotland, whether he be a presbyterian as king William, a Lutheran as George I. or a true churchman as his present Majesty.

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• vic. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vic?rius (“vicarious, substitute”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?k?/
• Rhymes: -?k?(?)

Noun

vicar (plural vicars)

1. In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
2. In the Roman Catholic and some other churches, a cleric acting as local representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy.
3. A person acting on behalf of, or representing, another person.

Derived terms

Related terms

• vicarate
• vicarian
• vicariate

Descendants

• ? Welsh: ficer

Translations

Further reading

• vicar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -cavir, Virac, vraic

Ido

Etymology

Derived from vice +? -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi?t?sar/

Verb

vicar (present vicas, past vicis, future vicos, conditional vicus, imperative vicez)

1. (transitive, archaic) to replace

   Synonym: remplasar

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 102
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 130

Romanian

Etymology

From French vicaire, from Latin vicarius.

Noun

vicar m (plural vicari)

1. vicar

Declension