Vicar of Christ
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Vicar of Christ
First recorded in 1475–85
Example Sentences
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But it comes with all the skullduggery, wheeling and dealing, and conspiracy one would expect, as the frontrunners try to improve their chances of becoming the Vicar of Christ.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2025
“He’s making sure that they engage with him, not treat him like a sacred relic. He’s the Vicar of Christ, not a Roman emperor,” tweeted the papal biographer, Austen Ivereigh.
From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2019
Papal biographer Austen Ivereigh, a supporter of Francis, countered by Tweeting: “He’s making sure that they engage with him, not treat him like a sacred relic. He’s the Vicar of Christ, not a Roman emperor.”
From Reuters • Mar. 26, 2019
In 1965, when Pope Paul VI became the first Vicar of Christ to visit New York, the police used gray wooden sawhorses to line the papal route through the city’s streets.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2015
The thought of violent hands being laid on the Vicar of Christ stirred Henry to a depth of indignation which no injuries practised against a temporal power could rouse.
From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)
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