Vicar General Definition

vikərjenərəl
vicars-general
noun
An administrative deputy, as of a bishop or of the general superior of a religious order, society, etc.
Webster's New World
An assistant to the head of a religious order.
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In English history, the title given to Thomas Cromwell as vicegerent of Henry VIII.
Webster's New World
An ecclesiastical official in the Church of England, usually a layperson, who assists an archbishop or a bishop in administrative and judicial duties.
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Vicar General Sentence Examples

  • After studying the arts at Toulouse and law at Orleans and Bologna, he became a canon at Bordeaux and then vicar-general to his brother the archbishop of Lyons, who in 1294 was created cardinal bishop of Albano.

  • Although Leo did not fully comprehend the import of the movement, he directed (3rd February 1518) the vicar-general of the Augustinians to impose silence on the monks.

  • The time had now come for Gregory, who was still a layman and father of two sons, to receive ordination; so he went to Caesarea, where Leontius ordained and consecrated him catholicos or vicar-general of Armenia.

  • How far the official principal had jurisdiction in criminal matters by virtue of his office, how far it was usual to add this jurisdiction by special commission, and what were the respective limits of his office and that of the vicar-general, are questions of some nicety.

  • In Ireland the title, till the church was disestablished, was vicar-general.

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