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# vicar

«vicar» in Mova's school dictionary: **a priest in charge of a church and its local area…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a vicar, vicars); noun vicarage (the vicar's house)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vicar is a priest in charge of a church and its local area (parish), especially in the Church of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned, joking) «The vicar» in British stories and comedy is a polite, kind, slightly old-fashioned church person, often at tea parties and village fêtes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In British village life and stories, the vicar leads services, weddings and funerals and helps at the church fair. In religious education lessons, a vicar is one kind of Christian leader. Related: priest, minister, pastor, rector, curate.

### examples

- The vicar married my aunt and uncle in the village church. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x1)
- The vicar opened the summer fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x2)
- We visited the vicar at the vicarage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x3)
- The vicar gave a talk about kindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x4)
- In the story, the vicar solved the mystery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x5)
- The vicar rang the church bells on Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/#x6)

### note

Mainly British and Irish (Church of England, Church of Ireland). Catholic churches have priests; many other churches have ministers or pastors. Not the same as «vicarious» (felt through someone else), though they share a root.

### In the corpora

- [I climbed the church wall in my Sunday best and the vicar nearly fainted.»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/378-maddie-the-tomboy/3/)
- [«They hate the vicar most,» he says.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/13/)
- [Even the vicar can't win.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/459-the-dog-that-wags-at-last-and-the-one-that-never-does/14/)
- [A vicar or rector leads a Church of England parish; priests serve in Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican churches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/25-weddings-funerals-and-the-people-of-the-church/13/)
- [Even a vicar can feel a bit scared of dying and feel hope at the same time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/70-bedtime-fears-will-you-die-mum-and-will-i-die/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vicar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vicar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.