vicars
Anglican clergy members
Vicars is the plural of vicar, a member of the clergy.
In the Church of England, a vicar is a parish priest who receives a salary rather than tithes.
In the Roman Catholic Church, a vicar acts as a representative of a higher authority—the Pope's title includes Vicar of Christ.
The vicars gathered for the annual diocesan conference.
Assembled group of worshippers
- flockAnimals gathered together
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- rectoryClergy dwelling near church
- churchPlace of Christian worship
churchyard · glebe · benefice · pastoral · parochial · vestry · churchwarden · laity
Parish clergy chief
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- pastorChristian congregation leader
- ministerReligious leader or serve
priest · chaplain · cleric · reverend · deacon · canon · bishop · ordination
Clergy's worship address
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
- communionProfound shared closeness
wedding · funeral · confession · blessing · homily · visitation · counseling · christening
congregation
Assembled group of worshippers
- flockAnimals gathered together
- parishionersMembers of local congregation
- rectoryClergy dwelling near church
church · churchyard · glebe · benefice · pastoral · parochial · vestry · churchwarden · laity · ministry
rector
Parish clergy chief
- curateSelect and present thoughtfully
- parsonProtestant parish minister
- pastorChristian congregation leader
minister · priest · chaplain · cleric · reverend · deacon · canon · bishop · ordination · ecclesiastic
sermon
Clergy's worship address
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- baptismRitual water purification ceremony
communion · wedding · funeral · confession · blessing · homily · visitation · counseling · christening · absolution
locum
Temporary professional replacement
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- interimProvisional in-between phase
acting · temporary · coadjutor · assistant · curate · relief · proxy · understudy · replacement · cover
- Tudor ChurchThomas Cranmer, Thomas Cromwell, Thomas More, archbishops, bishops
- Catholic ChurchVatican, papacy, cardinals, popes, papal
- churchnave, pew, pews, altar, altars
- believersbeliever, believers, adherent, devotee, theist
- British ChristianityChurch of England, Methodism, Methodists, Anglicanism, dissenters
- Catholic figurescardinals, archbishops, abbots, bishops, friars
vicarspopes
Catholic Church leaders
archbishops · cardinals · patriarchs · laity · laypeople
vicarslaypeople
Those outside a profession
politicians · civil servants · magistrates · mayors · bureaucrats
vicarsatheists
Those without religious faith
nonbelievers · skeptics · agnostics · secularists · freethinkers
- vicarious embarrassmentDiscomfort from others' awkwardness
- vicarious traumaDistress from exposure to others' suffering
- Vicar of ChristPope's official designation
- more tea, vicarStock phrase of propriety