vicario
vicario
∗vicario
masculine noun
1vicar
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vicario [ve-cah’-re-o]
noun
1Vicar, deputy in ecclesiastical affairs. (m)
adjective
2Vicar, he who exercises the authority of the superior of a convent in his absence; one who transacts all ecclesiastical affairs as substitute for a bishop or archbishop.
- Vicario apostólico -> missionary bishop in non-Catholic countries
- Vicario de coro -> choral-vicar, superintendent of the choir
- Vicario general -> vicar-general, an ecclesiastical judge appointed to exercise jurisdiction over a whole territory, in opposition to a vicario pedáneo, who has authority over a district only
adjective
1Vicarial, vicarious; vicariate.
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