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Recent Examples of vicar
Fast forward two years, after a period of poor mental health following my injury, the realization of the vicar’s sentence really hit.
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
Thankfully, the book was saved by being thrown out of a window by a local vicar, Johann Erichsons.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Essie, the vicar’s wife in Chloe Marr, cannot believe that the beautiful and glamorous Chloe was ever happy.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
While Will is feverishly negotiating with a powerful vicar who wants to censor Love’s Labor’s Lost, he is devastated by the 1596 loss of his son to the plague.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
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Abigail Wise, Outside, 3 Jan. 2026
Thankfully, the book was saved by being thrown out of a window by a local vicar, Johann Erichsons.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Dec. 2025
Essie, the vicar’s wife in Chloe Marr, cannot believe that the beautiful and glamorous Chloe was ever happy.
—Literary Hub, 8 Dec. 2025
While Will is feverishly negotiating with a powerful vicar who wants to censor Love’s Labor’s Lost, he is devastated by the 1596 loss of his son to the plague.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vicar
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There was only one doctor left in the country who could do it, neurosurgeon Volodymyr Smolanka, acting rector of Uzhhorod National University.—
Elaine Pofeldt,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The Rectory As the name suggests, The Rectory was originally home to the rector of nearby All Saints’ Church and his 14 children.—
Lindsay Cohn,
Travel + Leisure,
13 June 2026
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James Stewart, the congregation’s pastor, was heartbroken at the loss of the historic building but echoed James’ sentiment.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
20 June 2026
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And that’s how the part-time pastor met Leap Housing founder Bart Cochran, the man who is now his boss at the affordable housing nonprofit.—
Mark Dee
June 19,
Idaho Statesman,
19 June 2026
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Robin, our hero, is the son of a country clergyman.—
John Swansburg,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2026
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The trio of vicars starts with James Norton as Sidney Chambers, the doe-eyed clergyman with a taste for cool jazz and clever women.—
Pat Saperstein,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Meanwhile, churchmen claimed the authority to restrain violence, encouraged just wars and threatened violent behaviors with spiritual sanctions.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Not all birth rituals depended on the intercession of a saint or the authority of a churchman.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Mar. 2026
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An artist and performer, Skrepetsky gained notice with his cutting portraits of Russian president Vladimir Putin, Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, and a conservative Moscow bishop, Patriarch Kirill.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
17 June 2026
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The bishop was among 34 individuals and 47 entities that EU countries added to a Russia sanctions list Monday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The Mexican fan palm, supposedly brought here by the mission-building padres to supply Palm Sunday foliage, can grow taller, maybe 10 stories, and skinnier, and can dip and sway camera-readily in the wind.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The group has since evolved to the comité de padres and grown to roughly 30 mothers.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacramento Bee,
18 Apr. 2024
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German shepherd There's a reason German shepherds are the go-to breed for police, military and search-and-rescue work worldwide.—
Pat Mueller,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Among those transferred out was Flora, a 10-year-old brindle shepherd who the organization said came in emaciated and missing her left front leg.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2026
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“Vicar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vicar. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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