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vicar apostolic
noun
, plural vicars apostolic.
- Roman Catholic Church. a titular bishop serving either in a district where no episcopal see has been established, or in one where the succession of bishops has been interrupted.
- Ecclesiastical History. an archbishop, bishop, or other ecclesiastic to whom the pope delegated a portion of his jurisdiction.
vicar apostolic
noun
- RC Church a titular bishop having jurisdiction in non-Catholic or missionary countries where the normal hierarchy has not yet been established
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vicar apostolic1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
I reassured him that both the ex-Vicar Apostolic and my father found it so.
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The outlook on the whole was consoling, for the vicar Apostolic, Mgr.
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The redoubtable vicar-apostolic was not in Canada when Frontenac arrived.
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The archbishop fined him—the vicar apostolic confirmed the sentence.
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In 1862 an epidemic of cholera broke out in the province and lasted two years; the vicar Apostolic, Mgr.
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