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Vicar of Christ

noun

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin vicārius Christī.

  1. derived from vicarius Christi

Definitions

  1. The Pope.

    • [I]n the spacious ceremonial library of the 16th century Apostolic Palace, the czar of world atheism, Mikhail Gorbachev, will visit the Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II.
    • Not since 1522, when a Dutch theologian was elected Pope Adrian VI, had a non-Italian attained the role of Vicar of Christ.

  2. The Holy Ghost.

  3. Any bishop.

    • Bishops, as vicars and ambassadors of Christ, govern the particular churches entrusted to them by their counsel, exhortations, example, and even by their authority and sacred power...
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    1. Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy…

      Alternative letter-case form of Vicar of Christ, a title variously granted to the Holy Ghost and to the bishop of Rome.

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