Vicar of Bray

/ breɪ /

noun

1. Vicar of BrayMEnglishRELIGION: clergyman a vicar (Simon Aleyn) appointed to the parish of Bray in Berkshire during Henry VIII's reign who changed his faith to Catholic when Mary I was on the throne and back to Protestant when Elizabeth I succeeded and so retained his living
2. Also calledIn Good King Charles's Golden Days a ballad in which the vicar's changes of faith are transposed to the Stuart period
3. a person who changes his or her views or allegiances in accordance with what is suitable at the time