He was what they call a vicar general -- next job to the bishop, you know. From Wordnik.com. [Charred Wood] Reference
Two priests were then attached to it, one called the vicar, who was granted. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less] Reference
He reminded Josiah Graves that parson meant person, that is, the vicar was the person of the parish. From Wordnik.com. [Of Human Bondage] Reference
"Disco vicar" is a similar phrase, and sufficiently widely used I'd be tempted to file it as "jargon" already. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Titley: Against jargon] Reference
The vicar was a man of the world and took The Jupiter. From Wordnik.com. [Framley Parsonage] Reference
The vicar was a young man to whom the living had lately been given by the. From Wordnik.com. [Can You Forgive Her?] Reference
The vicar was the one man in a village whose position allowed him to cross class lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates Of Sleep]
The vicar was the head of a house at Oxford, and only came to the parsonage in the summer. From Wordnik.com. [The Carbonels] Reference
The vicar was a learned man, and an authority as an antiquary, and a man of high character. From Wordnik.com. [The Parish Clerk] Reference
The man known as the vicar of Baghdad is here in Atlanta to raise money for his relief group. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 16, 2009] Reference
"There was no way I could marry an adult film star," Hocking said, calling her vicar to cancel the wedding. From Wordnik.com. [AVN News] Reference
For the vicar was a bachelor, and poor Lady Brinsley hated hounds and foxes, and really loved helping the poor. From Wordnik.com. [The Halo] Reference
The vicar was a pious and patient old man, practiced in forgiveness, in overlooking, in waiting, in trying again. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight] Reference
The vicar was a feeble old gentleman who had gone away to die in the Riviera, and Mr Blake had the care of souls to himself. From Wordnik.com. [An Old Man's Love] Reference
The predecessor of the vicar was a pluralist, who held Caistor with its two chapelries of Holton and Clixby and the living of Rothwell. From Wordnik.com. [The Parish Clerk] Reference
What she meant by speaking to the vicar was a vigorous stirring of him up to wrath; but you cannot stir up vicars if they are truly good. From Wordnik.com. [The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight] Reference
The vicar is a sicko. From Wordnik.com. [The Captive Mind] Reference
Then I read the script and thought, ah, not that kind of vicar's wife. From Wordnik.com. [Olivia Colman in Rev] Reference
+ the dwelling of the two monks, who are known as the vicar and the coadjutor. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
The vicar is a prat. From Wordnik.com. [Question Time: The Live Blog] Reference
Since the vicar is the ordinary judge of the Curia Romana (see Roman. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux] Reference
“If the vicar were the father, that would let Bob out,” I said, after a moment’s pause. From Wordnik.com. [The Saltmarsh Murders]
The periodeutes, as his name indicates, is a kind of vicar forane who acts for the bishop in the inspection of the rural clergy. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
We assumed that the vicar then spoke to the cardinal. From Wordnik.com. [How L.A. Archdiocese Mishandled A Pedophile Priest] Reference
Clearly the merchant and the vicar can sometimes work hand in hand. From Wordnik.com. [ALTRUISM AND OPPORTUNISM] Reference
I am simply making a little mat for the confessional-box of the vicar. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Wrottesley in the considerable village of which he was the esteemed vicar. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Use up your wool; I can assure you that the vicar will accept it all the same. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Egan, now 68, served a little more than three years as O'Connor's vicar of education. From Wordnik.com. [The Vatican's 'Dream Man'] Reference
A vicar described how the disease forced surgeons to amputate all his fingers and both legs. From Wordnik.com. [Britain: Fears Of Flesh-Eating Bacteria] Reference
The young man was Michael Aynsworth, of University College, Oxford, afterwards vicar of Cornhampton, in Hampshire, and master of the Free. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 33, June 15, 1850] Reference
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