vicar-general
noun
a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
vicars-general
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pluralof vicar-general.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The provincials, the vicars-general, and other officers of the Religious Orders were elected by the Chapters and held office for four years.
From The Philippine Islands by John Foreman
One evening Gaston de Nueil was seated between a dowager and one of the vicars-general of the diocese, in a gray-paneled drawing-room, floored with large white tiles.
From The Deserted Woman by Ellen Marriage
His lordship, the bishop, condescended to wish the joy of it, and intrusted me with the design he had formed of honoring the assembly of his vicars-general, by making him our colleague.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
These changed feelings and this welcome were due to the two vicars-general and to old Grossetete.
From The Village Rector by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
A Bishop is a very busy man: he must every day receive the secretary of the bishopric, who is generally a canon, and nearly every day his vicars-general.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
