vicar

IPA: vˈɪkɝ

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

Examples of "vicar" in Sentences

He was what they call a vicar general -- next job to the bishop, you know.
Two priests were then attached to it, one called the vicar, who was granted
A Gloucestershire vicar is lending his support to a nude calendar by displaying the images in his church.
"Disco vicar" is a similar phrase, and sufficiently widely used I'd be tempted to file it as "jargon" already.
He is drawing up plans for neighbouring parishes to pool their resources, forming pastoral areas to be co-ordinated by a priest with the title vicar forane.
Our vicar is now Fr. Stephen Martz, sharing costs with St Nicholas, as Fr. Ted reluctantly had to accept a position with a bit more job security than we could offer.
Rash and impassioned, Arthur later flourishes in his haphazard professional endeavors while George, the dutiful solicitor son of a Parsi vicar, is falsely convicted in the gruesome mutilation of a pony.
My mom would like my next book to be a cozy about an eccentric vicar from the Midlands who solves crimes with the help of a psychic sheepdog, but it will probably be more razor-toting junkies making catastrophic life choices.