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vicarage

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈvɪkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The residence of a vicar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The benefice, duties, or office of a vicar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vicarship

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: parsonage, rectory

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: residence

Narrower terms: glebe house

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English vicar Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English vicarage From vicar + -age.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: præstebolig — residence of vicar
  • Danish: præstegård — residence of vicar
  • Finnish: pappila — residence of vicar
  • French: vicariat — residence of vicar
  • German: Pfarrhaus — residence of vicar
  • Hungarian: paplak — residence of vicar
  • Hungarian: parókia — residence of vicar
  • Norman: probytaithe — residence of vicar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prestebolig — residence of vicar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prestegard — residence of vicar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: prestegård — residence of vicar
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: prestegard — residence of vicar
  • Russian: дом священника (dom svjaščennika) — residence of vicar
  • Lower Sorbian: fara — residence of vicar
  • Swedish: prästgård — residence of vicar
  • Catalan: vicariat — duties or office of vicar
  • Catalan: curat — duties or office of vicar
  • Danish: pastorat — duties or office of vicar
  • Finnish: papinvirka — duties or office of vicar
  • French: vicariat — duties or office of vicar
  • Norman: probytaithe — duties or office of vicar
  • Swedish: pastorat — duties or office of vicar
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