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vicar-general

/vik-er-jen-er-uhl/US // ˈvɪk ərˈdʒɛn ər əl //

总主教,总牧师,总主教大人,总主教先生

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural vic·ars-gen·er·al.

    • : Roman Catholic Church. a priest deputized by a bishop to assist him in the administration of a diocese.
    • : Church of England. an ecclesiastical officer, usually a layperson, who assists a bishop or an archbishop in the discharge of his judicial or administrative duties.

Examples

  • “They are hypocritical on this very issue,” Shearer said about Obama, Attorney General Eric Holder and other public officials.

  • It also contains some clunky passages of adultery, temptations of the flesh, and general sexual awkwardness.

  • Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.

  • “We would just as soon stay away from a group that will create controversy,” the Cubs general manager Sam Bernabe told the paper.

  • Your general reaction runs along the lines of: “When will these geezers give it up and go for a mall walk or something?”

  • But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.

  • A Yankee, whose face had been mauled in a pot-house brawl, assured General Jackson that he had received his scars in battle.

  • In the year of misery, of agony and suffering in general he had endured, he had settled upon one theory.

  • To others the fierce desire for social justice obliterates all fear of a general catastrophe.

  • Finally, let me ask the general reader to put aside all prejudice, and give both sides a fair hearing.