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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On the 8th December there were at Rome: 49 cardinals, 9 patriarchs, 4 primates, 123 archbishops, 481 bishops, 6 abbots, 22 abbots-general, 29 vicars and vicars-general of orders; in all, 723 Fathers.
From Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson
Such a body might be the vicars-general, of whom two should be appointed for each diocese.
From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by
These were the officiales: the officiales foranei, whose jurisdiction was parallel with that of the archdeacons, and the officiales principales and vicars-general, who presided over the courts of appeal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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
In 1518 Hugo von Landenberg, bishop of Constance, made him one of his vicars-general, and Pope Leo X. appointed him papal protonotary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
