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VICAR-GENERAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vicar-general mean?
• VICAR-GENERAL (noun)
The noun VICAR-GENERAL has 1 sense:
1. (Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop
Familiarity information: VICAR-GENERAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Roman Catholic Church) an administrative deputy who assists a bishop
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("vicar-general" is a kind of...):
deputy; lieutenant (an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent)
Domain category:
Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)
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