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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VICARS GENERAL

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adjective
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conjunction
determiner
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Vicars general is a noun.
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WHAT DOES VICARS GENERAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Vicar general

A vicar general is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ordinary executive power over the entire diocese and, thus, is the highest official in a diocese or other particular church after the diocesan bishop or his equivalent in canon law. The title normally occurs only in Western Christian churches, such as the Latin Church of the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion. The title for the equivalent officer in the Eastern churches is protosyncellus and in the Anglican Communion is archdeacon The term is used by many religious orders of men in a similar manner, designating the authority in the Order after its Superior General.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VICARS GENERAL

vicar
vicar apostolic
vicar choral
vicar forane
vicar general
Vicar of Bray
Vicar of Christ
vicarage
vicaress
vicarial
vicariance
vicariant
vicariate
vicarious
vicariously
vicariousness
vicarly
vicars forane
vicarship
vicary

WORDS THAT END LIKE VICARS GENERAL

agent-general
attorney general
Auditor General
brigadier general
consulate general
director general
director-general
federal
four-star general
funeral
general
governor general
Governor-General
in general
inspector general
judge advocate general
lieutenant general
major general
mineral
secretary-general
surgeon general

Synonyms and antonyms of vicars general in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «vicars general» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VICARS GENERAL

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Translator English - Chinese

教区牧师一般
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vicarios generales
570 millions of speakers

English

vicars general
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

vicars जनरल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكهنه العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вообще викариев
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vigários gerais
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Vicars সাধারণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vicaires généraux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jeneral umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Generalvikare
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

vicars総長
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

vicars 일반
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wakil umum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chung vicars
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விக்கர்கள் பொது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हिकर्स सर्वसाधारण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Genel piskarslar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vicari generali
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wikariuszy ogóle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

взагалі вікаріїв
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vicarii generală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εφημέριοι γενικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

predikante algemene
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vicars allmän
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vicars general
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vicars general

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VICARS GENERAL»

The term «vicars general» is used very little and occupies the 190.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VICARS GENERAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vicars general

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VICARS GENERAL»

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New Commentary on the Code of Canon Law
See Provincial councils curias, diocesan. See Diocesan curias defined, 368 dioceses as, 368 documents relevant to, 503 Eastern code, 503; 504 episcopal vicars. See Vicars general and episcopal vicars finance council and finance officer.
John P. Beal, James A. Coriden, Thomas Joseph Green, 2000
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Fasti Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ: or, An essay towards deducing a ...
*399 1413 1416 1420 *43* 1472 1482 1485 4491 1499 1500 1501 1520 1537 1550 »554 1 561 1562 1566 1569 1575 1578 1579 1588 1625 1661 1673 Vicars -General, 1399. 1413. 1700 7 0 H N, Bishop of Smyrna, JOHN DERLINGTON, ...
John Le Neve, 1716
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The Irish Jurist
XHI. Court and registry of Clogher to be united to court and registry of Armagh, &c . XIV. Existing patents of Vicars-General of Clogher, Ac., annulled. XV. Reservation of the existing rights of the Vicars-General of Armagh, Tuam, and Cork. XVI.
‎1859
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The History and Antiquities of the Conventual & Cathedral ...
Supplement : comprising enlarged accounts of the monastery, Lady Chapel, Prior Crawden's Chapel, the places and other buildings connected with the see and the Church ; with lists of the chancellors, vicars general, officials, commissaries, ...
James Bentham, 1817
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The Public General Acts
When this Act comes into operation, the patents, commissions, and appointments of the vicars general of the dioceses of Dromore, Elphin, Ardagh, Kildare, Cashel and Emly, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, shall, except as to their respective ...
Great Britain, 1863
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A Compendious Abstract of the Public General Acts of the ...
Wlien this Act comes into operation, the patents, commissions, and appointments of the vicars general of the dioceses of Dromore, Elphin, Ardngh, Kildare, Cashel and Emly, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh, shall except as to their respective ...
Great Britain, 1864
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The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas Wilson ...
But the Attorney- General, who, by oath and office is obliged to defend the Right Hon. our Lord's causes, did represent about February last, how he apprehended that the Bishop and Vicars- General had in some instances assumed and ...
Thomas Wilson, 1863
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The life of ... Thomas Wilson ... bishop of Sodor and Man
But the Attorney- General, who, by oath and office is obliged to defend the Right Hon. our Lord's causes, did represent about February last, how he apprehended that the Bishop and Vicars-General had in some instances assumed and ...
‎1863
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A New World in a Small Place: Church and Religion in the ...
119 Three bishops of Rieti translated to Rieti from other sees employed at Rieti as vicars general their own relatives. The picture does not seem particularly edifying, but what at Rieti one can know of two of the bishops and one of the vicars ...
Robert Brentano, 1994
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An essay towards a topographical history of the county of ...
VICARS-GENERAL, OFFICIALS PRINCIPALS, o* • CHANCELLORS, From their first institution, were always removeable at the Bishop's pleasure, and were sometimes called the Vicars-General of the Bishop in spirituals and in temporals,  ...
Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin, 1806

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VICARS GENERAL»

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Vicar General for the Diocese of Fargo to return to active duty
Msgr. Donahue currently serves as one of two Vicars General for the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota and also as pastor at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Wild ... «Catholic News Agency, Feb 08»

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