Recent Examples on the WebMade up of six interconnected stories of murder, espionage, and romance, this second collection of Sidney Chambers tales continues the adventures of our favorite crime-solving vicar. Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 14 Aug. 2022 On the faces of a child, a vicar, a cop; sometimes threatening, other times more timid, but with a clear sense of ulterior motives. K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2022 So Elizabeth has to suck it up, even though going to see her best friend involves having to hear a vicar go on and on about the shelves or whatever. Helen Nianias, refinery29.com, 18 July 2022 An attraction grows between her and the local, married vicar, Hiddleston’s Will Ransome. Jay L. Clendenin, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022 After Jane Cleveland’s husband is installed as vicar in a village church, Jane is introduced to a Miss Doggett, a robust woman who bosses around the meeker parishioners. Sara Paretsky, Washington Post, 14 June 2022 But Cora strikes up a friendship with Will Ransome (Hiddleston), a vicar who has found a place for science and reason alongside his considerable faith. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2022 Hiddleston stars as Will, a Victorian vicar who forges a connection with amateur scientist Cora Seaborne (Claire Danes), on Apple TV+'s The Essex Serpent. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 12 May 2022 The vicar agreed, adding that Northerners were more compliant in their disposition as well. Ottessa Moshfegh, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 See More
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin vicarius, from vicarius vicarious