noun
Meaning 1
The residence of a vicar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
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noun
The residence of a vicar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The benefice, duties, or office of a vicar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: vicarship
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parsonage, rectory
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: residence
Narrower terms: glebe house
History
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
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.