Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog - it's EASY!
Home - Quote Topics - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Author Nationalities

Authors:    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z 

Google Web brainyquote.com   
Definition of Vicar
Vicar

One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy.

The incumbent of an appropriated benefice.

Related Definitions:
An, Another, Appropriated, Authorized, Benefice, Deputed, Deputy, In, Incumbent, Of, Office, One, Or, Perform, Substitute, The, To


Vicar Quotations

But to be the Vicar of Christ, to claim to exercise his prerogatives on earth, does involve a claim to his attributes, and therefore our opposition to Popery is opposition to a man claiming to be God.
Charles Hodge

Romanists tell us that the Pope is the vicar of Christ; that he is his successor as the universal head and ruler of the Church on earth. If this is so, he must be a Christ.
Charles Hodge

Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent.
John Polkinghorne

You can't do some of the things you used to do. I suppose you have to go at a gentler pace. I mean, God help us, you can't sit at home being a Vicar or anything.
Andy Taylor

A bumper of good liquor will end a contest quicker than justice, judge, or vicar.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Vicar Translations

vicar in Dutch is pastoor
vicar in German is Vikar, Kaplan
vicar in Spanish is vicario
vicar in Swedish is kyrkoherde


Quotes    RSS Feeds        Copyright 2008 BrainyMedia.com